---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021"
description: "Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Maryland SB 119 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Guzzone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95ef2c88-3f4c-4edc-8792-cd5bc3816598"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0119?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1bb49fea9c89db02b31cb2abbd039e3422be0ab5fe822cdb88af0bebbcedc2ef"
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 SB 119 (2021) — Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_694_sb0119t.pdf)
2. **First - Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0119f.pdf)
3. **Third - Clean Water Commerce Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0119t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **95–39** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2021-01-05** Hearing canceled (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2021-01-05** Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 694 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95ef2c88-3f4c-4edc-8792-cd5bc3816598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).