---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal"
description: "Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1512"
citation: "Maryland HB 1512 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Hutchinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98c829ba-4ca2-4cc0-979d-50cd6de5cd58"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1512?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e348e66cd0665480c697553404042a347a07ccb00ce157e9b90b10c6fc2b279e"
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 1512 (2024) — Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_545_hb1512t.pdf)
2. **First - Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1512f.pdf)
3. **Third - Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1512t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2024-03-05** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-09** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-09** Hearing 3/12 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-22** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 545 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98c829ba-4ca2-4cc0-979d-50cd6de5cd58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).