---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform"
description: "Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 674"
citation: "Maryland SB 674 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Jackson", "Kagan", "Lam", "McCray", "Pinsky", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065a109b-59f0-4a09-a5e1-3a8c4931b966"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0674?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "505a13989f257145f58a7466d137f3b36046eb2d91c3516594cba2ed04af66d8"
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 674 (2021) — Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_635_sb0674e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0674e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0674f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment - Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0674t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **106–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 635 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/065a109b-59f0-4a09-a5e1-3a8c4931b966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).