---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)"
description: "Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1101"
citation: "Maryland HB 1101 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "J. Long", "Love", "Ruth", "Stewart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37626c94-7c17-4553-bd88-9596548a5202"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1101?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "376aa05d5a97465156fdf1fe63fc25a23865e748c943e08222e03e268ac70807"
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 1101 (2024) — Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_535_hb1101e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1101e.pdf)
3. **First - Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1101f.pdf)
4. **Third - Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1101t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **100–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **98–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **34–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37626c94-7c17-4553-bd88-9596548a5202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).