---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations"
description: "Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 649"
citation: "Maryland HB 649 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Guyton", "Lehman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0cbbec5-9717-4f2b-ae3c-531bfbd7500a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0649?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a8bf698e8be84eca387dc583555af13fd23a4aa2d05806e0a2f440347e10e177"
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 649 (2022) — Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_22_hb0649e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0649e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0649f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment - Discharge Permits - Inspections and Administrative Continuations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0649t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–26** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **37–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **93–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Guyton — 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.

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-04** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-04** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- **2022-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-31** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-31** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0cbbec5-9717-4f2b-ae3c-531bfbd7500a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).