---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee - Alterations"
description: "Environment - Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Maryland SB 20 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-08-17"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cde3c667-c77a-407a-9895-a21adb468eb5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0020?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bd0ff65ad6f84f5a07fe312a40a0488e6d34bc10af38ccffd911cb6947341d64"
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 20 (2024) — Environment - Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_806_sb0020t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee - Membership** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0020f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Cox Creek Citizens Oversight Committee - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0020t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 806 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cde3c667-c77a-407a-9895-a21adb468eb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).