---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects"
description: "Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "Maryland HB 1201 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel", "Buckel", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Jacobs", "Mautz", "McComas", "McKay", "Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1a32647-a3e5-4e8e-8516-27da52d9214d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1201?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d3ae311c952691ec5436e4f04b40039c39b072696440d5998182f32d7c8a1a71"
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 HB 1201 (2022) — Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_hb1201t.pdf)
2. **First - Water Pollution - Civil Penalty Surcharge - Oyster Repletion Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1201f.pdf)
3. **Third - Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1201t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beitzel — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1a32647-a3e5-4e8e-8516-27da52d9214d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).