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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Geological Survey Fund - Establishment"
description: "Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Geological Survey Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Maryland SB 305 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff5e9a6d-a6db-4feb-90c2-ba62dcde0f3f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0305?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "927433526459f2a5c27da044f3da26fdd6934723c608499aa1117a9739d8be17"
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 305 (2024) — Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Geological Survey Fund - Establishment
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Geological Survey Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_86_sb0305t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Geological Survey Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0305f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Natural Resources - Maryland Geological Survey Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0305t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1390** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff5e9a6d-a6db-4feb-90c2-ba62dcde0f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).