---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment"
description: "Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 695"
citation: "Maryland SB 695 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Carozza"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc7ebed1-acde-45a7-a137-a12d6a9eed83"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0695?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c4f2e2047cc4ccf1c3699981285f3ddfd6138d6e34d5f0fd43bd3eb82655bc0b"
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 SB 695 (2022) — Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_476_sb0695t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0695f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Voluntary Firewood Treatment Certification Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0695t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc7ebed1-acde-45a7-a137-a12d6a9eed83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).