---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surface Mining – Zone of Dewatering Influence – Remedies"
description: "Surface Mining – Zone of Dewatering Influence – Remedies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Maryland HB 36 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Boundaries", "Environment", "Department of the", "Environmental Matters", "Fees", "Health", "Hearings", "Mining", "Prices", "Real Property", "Safety", "Water", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wivell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-10-24"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c304156e-3ebb-4f14-b6fd-8b85dd2dd8b9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB36&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "fa625d03f626e58654a1c290b3d24689658342bdd5ecf2f4ab25170f7f97fc16"
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 36 (2019) — Surface Mining – Zone of Dewatering Influence – Remedies

## 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/hb0036f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Hearing 1/30 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2019-02-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-14** Third Reading Passed (138-1) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {954832/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 136 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c304156e-3ebb-4f14-b6fd-8b85dd2dd8b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).