---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "Maryland SB 315 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Kagan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc640ce2-b09f-480b-9a5a-4aebfc955386"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0315?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2907736e824095ad29038da19d8245ba2c2f33c74c8248dbbe8f0dac8663a8bd"
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 315 (2025) — Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_47_sb0315e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0315e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0315f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0315t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/14 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-01-14** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/28 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 47 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc640ce2-b09f-480b-9a5a-4aebfc955386`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).