republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-505.md

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Bill	Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements	Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 505	Maryland SB 505 (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 Notices Penalties and Sentences Public Information Records Reports Rules and Regulations Sediment Control Telecommunications and Information Technology Trials Wetlands	enacted	Elfreth	1	13	2	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/f8f3096a-81fe-4cf6-94e8-69bc8551942e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB505&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	af2109da3df16d0bb502e835591e2eef24816b926a6cb701d3ec0deb248c3fc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 505 (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 — 33–13 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 116–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Ellis — cosponsor (person)
• Lam — cosponsor (person)
• Washington — cosponsor (person)
• Young — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments {234834/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (33-13) passage
• 2019-03-19 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (116-23) passage
• 2019-04-03 Returned Passed
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8f3096a-81fe-4cf6-94e8-69bc8551942e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).