republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-54.md

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Bill	Surface Mining – Zone of Dewatering Influence – Remedies	Surface Mining – Zone of Dewatering Influence – Remedies	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 54	Maryland SB 54 (2019)	bill	Environment Accidents Baltimore County Carroll County Environment Department of the Environmental Matters Frederick County Health Hearings Liability Licenses Mining Personal Property Prices Real Property Reimbursement Rates Safety Washington County Water Zoning and Planning	enacted	Chair	1	21	3	2018-10-09	2019-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/58f36fb7-f586-4f3c-946b-a50e462853df	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB54&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	bdcf741bb719ef24202d8ade6409973d8b89a26127c7df430fb8208b583c5bfc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 54 (2019) — Surface Mining – Zone of Dewatering Influence – Remedies

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 — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 136–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Education — cosponsor (person)
• Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Environment) — cosponsor (person)
• Health — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-10-09 Pre-filed introduction
• 2019-01-09 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Hearing 1/22 at 4:00 p.m.
• 2019-02-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-05 Favorable with Amendments {254938/1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-05 Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
• 2019-02-06 Favorable with Amendments {254938/1 Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-06 Special Order until 2/7 (Senator Edwards) Adopted
• 2019-02-07 Favorable with Amendments {254938/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-02-11 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2019-02-12 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-29 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-29 Favorable with Amendments {610017/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-29 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-04-01 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0) passage
• 2019-04-03 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2019-04-03 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2019-04-03 Passed Enrolled
• 2019-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 137 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/58f36fb7-f586-4f3c-946b-a50e462853df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).