---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established"
description: "Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1509"
citation: "Maryland HB 1509 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Guyton", "Ruth", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c82655bb-3ece-483b-92ed-701907495920"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1509?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "06f8b36c5b80b58e867fdcc5346a094e7c9f4459fb94647d77ca3c22921f7014"
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 1509 (2024) — Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_503_hb1509t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1509f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1509t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **105–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2024-03-08** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-09** Hearing 3/12 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Motion Special Order until 4/2 (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c82655bb-3ece-483b-92ed-701907495920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).