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type: "Bill"
title: "Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration"
description: "Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "Maryland SB 722 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Henson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe0df30e-1e84-44f5-8585-f1076f949888"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0722?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4e3b14429da299cc5875145847b0482674eff61867fffe38f879f2e9d5a16d2b"
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 722 (2025) — Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_329_sb0722t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of the Environment - Ecological Restoration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0722f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0722t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1360** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Augustine — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-31** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe0df30e-1e84-44f5-8585-f1076f949888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).