---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force"
description: "Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 843"
citation: "Maryland HB 843 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Amprey", "Attar", "Bhandari", "Boyce", "Cardin", "Conaway", "Ebersole", "Edelson", "Embry", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Jackson", "Mangione", "McCaskill", "Metzgar", "Pasteur", "R. Lewis", "Ruth", "Smith", "Stein", "White", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fbb7f42-5e10-42b0-a395-dcece4df4501"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0843?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9c92cae1926e88300741d79cc67b18bb3e7de1eaba858c9033b608c32788593a"
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 843 (2023) — Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_179_hb0843e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0843e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0843f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0843t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-15** Hearing 3/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-27** Hearing 3/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Motion Special Order until 3/15 (Delegate R. Long) Adopted
- **2023-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-31** Motion Laid Over (Senator King) Adopted
- **2023-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fbb7f42-5e10-42b0-a395-dcece4df4501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).