---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act)"
description: "Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Maryland SB 541 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Bailey", "Beidle", "Carozza", "Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Feldman", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "King", "Klausmeier", "Kramer", "Lam", "McCray", "Patterson", "Pinsky", "Ready", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "Washington", "West", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5aa71e-c691-4eea-b591-9bea1ef4ea65"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0541?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9c201fe4f557d600eaf87d2a746b065c7031fe380e8b04c2872ecb2689bcd94c"
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 541 (2022) — Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_39_sb0541e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0541e.pdf)
3. **First - Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0541f.pdf)
4. **Third - Natural Resources - Maryland Park Service and State Parks - Alterations (Great Maryland Outdoors Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0541t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2022-03-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Senate Concurs House 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 39 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd5aa71e-c691-4eea-b591-9bea1ef4ea65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).