---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting"
description: "Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "Maryland SB 324 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Elfreth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5631d315-ed15-4193-8b37-316471141353"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0324?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "65d352d8ac38bfeeee1144e56b896041b0dc6cf228f5de3fc2cf2e984daac97d"
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 324 (2021) — Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_443_sb0324e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0324e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0324f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment and Natural Resources – Complaints, Inspections, and Enforcement – Information Maintenance and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0324t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **97–40** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **37–9** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **38–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **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 West) Adopted
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 443 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5631d315-ed15-4193-8b37-316471141353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).