---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wetlands and Waterways Program - State-Owned Lakes - Structural Shoreline Stabilization"
description: "Wetlands and Waterways Program - State-Owned Lakes - Structural Shoreline Stabilization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 406"
citation: "Maryland HB 406 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Aquaculture", "Boundaries", "Construction", "Data", "Environment", "Department of the", "Environmental Matters", "Fees", "Forms", "Natural Resources", "Department of", "Records", "Reports", "Rivers", "Streams", "and Lakes", "Shore Erosion", "Wetlands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad643458-ec23-4959-8536-b3dfa4166bec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB406&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "06434745686e96cdd2d691140707bdc697ce45cd205790a86bad60091d82d6f3"
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 406 (2019) — Wetlands and Waterways Program - State-Owned Lakes - Structural Shoreline Stabilization

## 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/hb0406f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beitzel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {260614/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (131-7) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 362 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad643458-ec23-4959-8536-b3dfa4166bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).