---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Trust Fund - Surcharge Extension"
description: "Environmental Trust Fund - Surcharge Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 106"
citation: "Maryland HB 106 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Natural Resources - Generally", "Utility Regulation", "Commerce and Business", "Energy Matters", "Environmental Matters", "Fees", "Natural Resources", "Public Service Commission", "Revenue and Taxes", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c106905-4f86-4581-9398-608d3a6341d5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB106&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "662c880e82b9d015f59e8de99d9e2b9b70c2727c283489f75c8afa5e473b39f5"
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 106 (2019) — Environmental Trust Fund - Surcharge Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0106f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–19** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Environment and Transportation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Natural Resources) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Reassigned to Economic Matters
- **2019-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable with Amendments {223395/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-28** Third Reading Passed (117-19) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 393 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c106905-4f86-4581-9398-608d3a6341d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).