---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness"
description: "Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 878"
citation: "Maryland HB 878 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/535ad299-8414-465c-89f4-b27cadd66dcf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0878?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "afc064625e7a2791ee9b780333254ad955d30ca6f60bfc7ab738b3a1224ca51f"
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 878 (2021) — Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_278_hb0878e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0878e.pdf)
3. **First - Bay Restoration Fund - County Authority to Incur Indebtedness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0878f.pdf)
4. **Third - Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses and County Authority to Incur Indebtedness** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0878t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/535ad299-8414-465c-89f4-b27cadd66dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).