---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution Control – Intervention in Civil Actions – Rights and Authority"
description: "Water Pollution Control – Intervention in Civil Actions – Rights and Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 76"
citation: "Maryland HB 76 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-28"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc9935e8-0590-45b5-8e3a-4f6938731829"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0076?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6f5c7291803ca6ac660a2ee8abae57ece831d32b262d68c1dc8b80959f5719d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 76 (2021) — Water Pollution Control – Intervention in Civil Actions – Rights and Authority

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Water Pollution Control – Intervention in Civil Actions – Rights and Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_618_hb0076t.pdf)
2. **First - Water Pollution Control – Intervention in Civil Actions – Rights and Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0076f.pdf)
3. **Third - Water Pollution Control – Intervention in Civil Actions – Rights and Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0076t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **92–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2021-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Judicial Proceedings Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 618 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc9935e8-0590-45b5-8e3a-4f6938731829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).