---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021"
description: "Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Maryland SB 2 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Carter", "Lam", "McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-26"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d9ddbbb-d011-435f-ba59-6b7ccef972ff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0002?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f742d23310199809db0ad946f630ea231e04293363b00de0f7738f5b45f3bc22"
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 2 (2021) — Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_72_sb0002e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0002e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0002f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Environmental Service Reform Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0002t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **130–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Referred Appropriations Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-20** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d9ddbbb-d011-435f-ba59-6b7ccef972ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).