---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening"
description: "Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1200"
citation: "Maryland HB 1200 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f02b7e24-5b20-4038-a8fd-4f0542cb3614"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1200?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "11ea251795bf82115ba179a190c9cfeafdacb08552475d49312dcd757eae584e"
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 1200 (2022) — Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_588_hb1200t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1200f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment – Permit Applications – Environmental Justice Screening** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1200t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–37** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Long /543329/1 — **35–93** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan /593522/1 — **34–90** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Fisher, M. /763222/1 — **37–91** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Morgan) Adopted
- **2022-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 588 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f02b7e24-5b20-4038-a8fd-4f0542cb3614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).