---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine Contractor License - Authorization, Requirements, and Fees"
description: "Marine Contractor License - Authorization, Requirements, and Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "Maryland HB 195 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barve", "Boyce", "Clark", "Foley", "Lehman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-09-22"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc43cdfd-3708-4986-8d45-4054a58d6c85"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0195?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "50fc0ac22b4a707faf48b2e7a869d9d32787c832c845be15c4f1b988f10cf856"
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 195 (2022) — Marine Contractor License - Authorization, Requirements, and Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Marine Contractor License - Authorization, Requirements, and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_428_hb0195t.pdf)
2. **First - Marine Contractor License – Performance of Services – Licensing Requirements and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0195f.pdf)
3. **Third - Marine Contractor License - Authorization, Requirements, and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0195t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc43cdfd-3708-4986-8d45-4054a58d6c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).