---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations"
description: "Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Maryland HB 720 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74379a22-4158-43f8-a331-63015298e34e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0720?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "138ae2f633c506bf81a89f5d5bf97c11b2b97a5e5feeed9d935b7d14ec56e378"
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 720 (2025) — Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_444_hb0720t.pdf)
2. **First - Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0720f.pdf)
3. **Third - Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0720t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **121–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-03** Motion Special Order until 4/4 (Senator M. Washington) Adopted
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74379a22-4158-43f8-a331-63015298e34e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).