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type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Public Participation Modernization Act"
description: "Environment - Public Participation Modernization Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Maryland SB 171 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-04"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b526babb-0f1c-4273-9856-d4f328b3a0fc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0171?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6f4b0651cfb8e623ffdb2b3fdd9a084c8091ff89d3339569ac5403c2f12c8769"
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 171 (2022) — Environment - Public Participation Modernization Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Environment - Public Participation Modernization Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_93_sb0171t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Public Participation Modernization Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0171f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Public Participation Modernization Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0171t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1270** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-10-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Hearing 1/18 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-07** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 93 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b526babb-0f1c-4273-9856-d4f328b3a0fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).