---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Soil Conservation District - Authority to Establish"
description: "Baltimore City - Soil Conservation District - Authority to Establish"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "Maryland SB 616 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f29bcb1a-72f3-43d8-b97f-f95eefd9eeed"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0616?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2cec13afdcf0b6099730f8ea932cfd4f4dccbef0f95dcf4e6b260e24dc70f80a"
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 616 (2021) — Baltimore City - Soil Conservation District - Authority to Establish

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Soil Conservation District - Authority to Establish** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_621_sb0616t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Soil Conservation District - Authority to Establish** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0616f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Soil Conservation District - Authority to Establish** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0616t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 621 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f29bcb1a-72f3-43d8-b97f-f95eefd9eeed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).