---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Stormwater Management for Agritourism"
description: "Environment - Stormwater Management for Agritourism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "Maryland SB 861 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96a74b3-3288-4d3d-b279-3814fb13c683"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0861?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bbca138606b88918cc85d4012db579204ed4be4c3b1cbb2380d3e5e76410e87c"
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 861 (2026) — Environment - Stormwater Management for Agritourism

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Stormwater Management for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_13_sb0861t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Stormwater Management - Agricultural Land** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0861f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Stormwater Management for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0861t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 13 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e96a74b3-3288-4d3d-b279-3814fb13c683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).