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type: "Bill"
title: "Surface Mining Zone of Dewatering Influence Remedies"
description: "Surface Mining Zone of Dewatering Influence Remedies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Maryland SB 54 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-10-09"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f36fb7-f586-4f3c-946b-a50e462853df"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB54&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "bdcf741bb719ef24202d8ade6409973d8b89a26127c7df430fb8208b583c5bfc"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0054f.pdf)
## Votes
- On third reading — **440** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1360** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **440** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f36fb7-f586-4f3c-946b-a50e462853df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).