---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sustainable Maryland Program and Fund - Establishment"
description: "Sustainable Maryland Program and Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Maryland SB 14 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-07-23"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c6f7cf6-fd70-4c47-9829-89d5ba0e5086"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0014?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bc3252c99adb93e76e17ad1120d3713ee82c9ff936f21ac07e8e178f2cc7d607"
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 14 (2022) — Sustainable Maryland Program and Fund - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sustainable Maryland Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_354_sb0014e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Sustainable Maryland Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0014e.pdf)
3. **First - Sustainable Maryland Program Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0014f.pdf)
4. **Third - Sustainable Maryland Program Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0014t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **105–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c6f7cf6-fd70-4c47-9829-89d5ba0e5086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).