---
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: "SB 611"
citation: "Maryland SB 611 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Elfreth", "Rosapepe", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3729273-4c90-4153-a445-da0a460fe0dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0611?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ef2547a66428615533c7fc0278f20c83bde71b8b9cadf3cc46a78668f08a4a35"
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 611 (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_689_sb0611e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0611e.pdf)
3. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Environment and Natural Resources Monitoring Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0611f.pdf)
4. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0611t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3729273-4c90-4153-a445-da0a460fe0dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).