---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Environmental Service - Authorizations and Requirements - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Environmental Service - Authorizations and Requirements - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Maryland SB 228 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-25"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79ae0814-c921-4731-a454-daf9f67af7c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0228?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "f408b58169d23fbc2a63602fe19d7254b26d7cdbe3cd78cb9e18385b316f8fce"
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 228 (2026) — Maryland Environmental Service - Authorizations and Requirements - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Environmental Service - Authorizations and Requirements - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_78_sb0228t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Environmental Service - Authorizations and Requirements - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0228f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Environmental Service - Authorizations and Requirements - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0228t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **100–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2026-02-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Referred Appropriations Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 78 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79ae0814-c921-4731-a454-daf9f67af7c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).