---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System"
description: "Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 613"
citation: "Maryland HB 613 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Behler", "Boyce", "Crosby", "Fisher", "Foley", "Ghrist", "Guyton", "Holmes", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Lewis", "M. Morgan", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38985aa4-29a7-4efb-9e14-95d5ae40f349"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0613?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "24cd5ce30008a23d314c5596eb0478772a517fbe6cfa29f834cf882ec8e83bf1"
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 613 (2026) — Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_321_hb0613e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0613e.pdf)
3. **First - Calvert and St. Mary's Counties - Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0613f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0613t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Fisher — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38985aa4-29a7-4efb-9e14-95d5ae40f349`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).