---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study"
description: "Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 869"
citation: "Maryland HB 869 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones", "Foley", "Gilchrist", "J. Lewis", "Lehman", "P. Young", "Ruth", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cf997e8-ff01-4566-bad3-0ad1c2d175b5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0869?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0e3924d3a95f1ae9b3ae9b25a2e49ade85bb45154951114303d299a4fac61c9f"
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 869 (2022) — Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_465_hb0869t.pdf)
2. **First - Wetlands and Waterways Program - Authorizations for Ecological Restoration Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0869f.pdf)
3. **Third - Wetlands and Waterways Program Division - Permitting for Ecological Restoration Projects - Required Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0869t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2022-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-15** Hearing 2/25 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
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cf997e8-ff01-4566-bad3-0ad1c2d175b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).