---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes"
description: "Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1266"
citation: "Maryland HB 1266 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d66264-87df-484c-96fb-f6ecf4dd5216"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1266?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "893f0dbec4a1817e35f640582a96b9c3b46924b639dfb60618ed8af74e0a9d0e"
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 1266 (2024) — Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_502_hb1266t.pdf)
2. **First - Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1266f.pdf)
3. **Third - Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1266t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **35–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **109–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d66264-87df-484c-96fb-f6ecf4dd5216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).