---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources Police Force - Employees - Authority of Secretary"
description: "Natural Resources Police Force - Employees - Authority of Secretary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "Maryland SB 673 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08b1fbbd-5bd1-4c3a-9bd1-2ac329dee07f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0673?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7da35c064db1d0a00574077203f941c77dd79e323ec8dc910efc50f0367cce87"
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 673 (2022) — Natural Resources Police Force - Employees - Authority of Secretary

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources Police Force - Employees - Authority of Secretary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_203_sb0673t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources Police Force - Employees - Authority of Secretary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0673f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources Police Force - Employees - Authority of Secretary** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0673t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-29** Hearing 3/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 203 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08b1fbbd-5bd1-4c3a-9bd1-2ac329dee07f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).