republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/hb-703.md

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Bill	Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements	Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	HB 703	Maryland HB 703 (2019)	bill	Environment Boundaries Chesapeake Bay Civil Actions Claims Coastal Bays Communications Courts Crimes and Punishments Data Electronic Communication Environment Department of the Environmental Matters Erosion Hearings Inspections Internet Jurisdiction Local Government Mandates Maps and Charts Natural Resources Notices Penalties and Sentences Public Information Records Reports Rules and Regulations Sediment Control Trials Wetlands	enacted	Lafferty	1	14	2	2019-02-07	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7764a8bd-e564-4aa4-98ff-3e54bb75012d	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB703&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	6f86f78cde0317a3d294200e694a5a149010567b7e175eea12d795c6799c628c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 703 (2019) — Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 34–10 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 109–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lafferty — primary (person)
• Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
• Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Love — cosponsor (person)
• Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• Wells — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-07 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 Favorable with Amendments {740316/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 Special Order until 03/06 (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
• 2019-03-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-08 Third Reading Passed (109-24) passage
• 2019-03-11 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (34-10) passage
• 2019-04-03 Returned Passed
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7764a8bd-e564-4aa4-98ff-3e54bb75012d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).