---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees"
description: "Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Maryland SB 196 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Gallion", "Hester", "Lewis Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-18"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd094bfb-c296-4a33-a3be-66d41c6aef73"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0196?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "95113ed9af5fc896d125282b1ed28b34c041278941a5ead647cf03e1fa722373"
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 196 (2024) — Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_523_sb0196t.pdf)
2. **First - Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0196f.pdf)
3. **Third - Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0196t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **112–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-17** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd094bfb-c296-4a33-a3be-66d41c6aef73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).