---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Appropriation or Use of Water and Dam Safety - Enforcement"
description: "Environment - Appropriation or Use of Water and Dam Safety - Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "Maryland HB 250 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-09-25"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8d1bd8-7979-4021-b883-c856acfd4a5a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0250?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "f1d1adf83af4490c72ca113b6503caa6b5c9549ad1fab51292cd6dfd7f99f08e"
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 250 (2026) — Environment - Appropriation or Use of Water and Dam Safety - Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Appropriation or Use of Water and Dam Safety - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_273_hb0250t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Water Resources and Wetlands - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0250f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Appropriation or Use of Water and Dam Safety - Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0250t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–12** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Adams /993025/1 — **37–97** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /773227/1 — **37–95** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Motion Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8d1bd8-7979-4021-b883-c856acfd4a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).