---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys"
description: "Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 807"
citation: "Maryland HB 807 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foley", "Lehman", "Ruth", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55de7451-4e9e-4d0a-aeb6-4c2872b3f63a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0807?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fc5ab68a8e34ea6dc3af22b9e9d1907c55ccdace5e1f68279870fe1089ea2378"
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 807 (2024) — Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_512_hb0807e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0807e.pdf)
3. **First - Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0807f.pdf)
4. **Third - Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0807t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foley — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** 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 512 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55de7451-4e9e-4d0a-aeb6-4c2872b3f63a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).