---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects"
description: "Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 876"
citation: "Maryland SB 876 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Carozza"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d44dcbf-f1d5-4b7c-886e-eac37331bc19"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0876?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2e6bd51b26775cea8d2c2f230677ce492c98fe53d190b5cc26a6809571676bf1"
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 876 (2022) — Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_411_sb0876e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Water Pollution - Oyster Repletion Supplemental Environmental Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0876e.pdf)
3. **First - Water Pollution – Civil Penalty Surcharge – Oyster Repletion Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0876f.pdf)
4. **Third - Water Pollution - Civil and Administrative Penalty Surcharge - Oyster Repletion Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0876t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d44dcbf-f1d5-4b7c-886e-eac37331bc19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).