---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bay Restoration Fund - Intended Use Plans and Privately Owned Wastewater Facilities"
description: "Bay Restoration Fund - Intended Use Plans and Privately Owned Wastewater Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "Maryland SB 354 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Pinsky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86239254-3540-4647-b8a2-0ae564100fc8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0354?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3732827121a17f9472b0256b57025e7e876d53243d9aeb927e023dc8ef868f07"
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 354 (2022) — Bay Restoration Fund - Intended Use Plans and Privately Owned Wastewater Facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Bay Restoration Fund - Intended Use Plans and Privately Owned Wastewater Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_341_sb0354e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Bay Restoration Fund - Intended Use Plans and Privately Owned Wastewater Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0354e.pdf)
3. **First - Bay Restoration Fund - Intended Use Plans and Privately Owned Wastewater Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0354f.pdf)
4. **Third - Bay Restoration Fund - Intended Use Plans and Privately Owned Wastewater Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0354t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Pippy /713329/1 — **39–93** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Adams /153127/1 — **43–93** (fail) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-11** Motion Special Order until 3/15 (Senator Edwards) Adopted
- **2022-03-15** Motion Special Order until 3/16 (Senator Edwards) Adopted
- **2022-03-16** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2022-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Delegate Stein) Adopted
- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 341 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86239254-3540-4647-b8a2-0ae564100fc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).