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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements"
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description: "Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 703"
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citation: "Maryland HB 703 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Environment", "Boundaries", "Chesapeake Bay", "Civil Actions", "Claims", "Coastal Bays", "Communications", "Courts", "Crimes and Punishments", "Data", "Electronic Communication", "Environment", "Department of the", "Environmental Matters", "Erosion", "Hearings", "Inspections", "Internet", "Jurisdiction", "Local Government Mandates", "Maps and Charts", "Natural Resources", "Notices", "Penalties and Sentences", "Public Information", "Records", "Reports", "Rules and Regulations", "Sediment Control", "Trials", "Wetlands"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-07"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7764a8bd-e564-4aa4-98ff-3e54bb75012d"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB703&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "6f86f78cde0317a3d294200e694a5a149010567b7e175eea12d795c6799c628c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 703 (2019) — Environmental Violations - Reporting Requirements
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0703f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **34–10** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **109–24** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lafferty — primary (person)
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- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
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- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
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- Love — cosponsor (person)
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- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- Wells — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {740316/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-05** Special Order until 03/06 (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
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- **2019-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-08** Third Reading Passed (109-24) `passage`
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- **2019-03-11** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (34-10) `passage`
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- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7764a8bd-e564-4aa4-98ff-3e54bb75012d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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