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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement"
description: "Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Maryland HB 218 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Attorney General"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab4def6f-ad99-4f49-931e-4be3b4183cd6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0218?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "7d1eeb70248d353ba404e2ceb8a64ddbe498638f048632a1672d2b7ab79319f4"
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 HB 218 (2026) — Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_473_hb0218t.pdf)
2. **First - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0218f.pdf)
3. **Third - Office of the Attorney General - Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit - Reporting Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0218t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1290** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)
- Office of the Attorney General — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-10-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 473 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab4def6f-ad99-4f49-931e-4be3b4183cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).