---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Establishment"
description: "Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 874"
citation: "Maryland HB 874 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Boyce", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "J. Long", "Lehman", "Love", "Moon", "Ruth", "Solomon", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97aaeb1b-c341-48b1-9319-8c3a2c3ca883"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0874?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3c30a74dea3f95f9db685c46d7fd43a1f4f747420e9c82f3c0a0091299640d1e"
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 874 (2023) — Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_690_hb0874e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0874e.pdf)
3. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Environment and Natural Resources Monitoring Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0874f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Environment and Natural Resources Monitoring Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0874t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** 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** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 690 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97aaeb1b-c341-48b1-9319-8c3a2c3ca883`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).