---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants"
description: "Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 674"
citation: "Maryland SB 674 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Gile", "Jackson", "Salling", "Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc56dc09-f5f2-4ed2-9c96-a31ca7366bac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0674?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3ea7b7a8a8cad7ffdf8609dfc656b7956c5deab4906daaaca7a014762f86cd44"
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 674 (2024) — Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_560_sb0674t.pdf)
2. **First - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0674f.pdf)
3. **Third - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0674t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc56dc09-f5f2-4ed2-9c96-a31ca7366bac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).