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IntroducedFeb 02, 2024
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Passed SenateMar 18, 2024
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Passed HouseApr 03, 2024
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Signed into LawMay 09, 2024
Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act)
Last Action See all actions
executive • May 09, 2024: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 969
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 44
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hettleman
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Feldman
- Jackson
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Beidle
- Folden
- James
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Benson
- Gallion
- Jennings
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Gile
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Guzzone
- Kelly
- Muse
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Corderman
- Hershey
- Klausmeier
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Elfreth
- Hester
- Kramer
- Salling
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 100
- Speaker
- Crutchfield
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Jackson
- Patterson
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Turner
- Attar
- Fair
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Valderrama
- Atterbeary
- Feldmark
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Watson
- Barnes
- Foley
- Korman
- Rogers
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, J.
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Grossman
- Lewis, R.
- Ruth
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Long, J.
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Lopez
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Harris
- Love
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Harrison
- Martinez
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Healey
- McCaskill
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Henson
- Mireku-North
- Spiegel
- Young
- Crosby
- Hill
- Moon
- Stein
- Ziegler
NO: 37
YES: 47
- Mr. President
- Elfreth
- Hettleman
- Lam
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Ellis
- Jackson
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Bailey
- Feldman
- James
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Folden
- Jennings
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Benson
- Gallion
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Gile
- Kelly
- Muse
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Guzzone
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Carter
- Hayes
- Klausmeier
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hershey
- Kramer
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hester
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- May 09, 2024 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559
- Apr 04, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 03, 2024 | House
- Floor Amendment {223320/1 (Delegate Love) Adopted
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (100-37)
- Mar 29, 2024 | House
- Motion Special Order until 4/01 (Delegate Stein) Adopted
- Mar 27, 2024 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Favorable with Amendments {723820/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 21, 2024 | House
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 19, 2024 | House
- Referred Environment and Transportation
- Mar 18, 2024 | Senate
- Floor Amendment {243025/1 (Senator Elfreth) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (44-0)
- Mar 15, 2024 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Favorable with Amendments {123023/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 3/18 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- Feb 09, 2024 | Senate
- Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 07, 2024 | Senate
- Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- Hearing canceled
- Feb 02, 2024 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Stream and Watershed Restoration - Stream Restoration Contractor Licensing and Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Funding (Whole Watershed Act)PDF
- Amendments {123023/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {243025/1 (Senator Elfreth) Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Stream and Watershed Restoration - Stream Restoration Contractor Licensing and Projects and Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Funding (Whole Watershed Act)PDF
- Amendments {723820/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {223320/1 (Delegate Love) Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act)PDF
- Text - Chapter - Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Simon, Robert (Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Tucker, Walter (Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Southerland, Mark (Vernal Pool Partners)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Sharif, Humna (The Nature Conservancy)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Hoffman, Mark
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Sadzewicz, Alex (Public Health Law Clinic)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Rose, Jodi (Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Metchis, Karen (ACQ Climate)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- O'Meara, Liam (CWRP)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Weissberg, Bonnie (The Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Moore, Shannon (Frederick County Government)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Parsons, Lynn
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Faison, Chad (American Council of Engineering Companies of Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Berry, Bill (Independent Science Consulatant)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Edey, Marion
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Bawer, Kenneth (Coalition to Stop Stream Destruction)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Ostdahl, Maggie (National Aquarium)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Michelsen, Erik (Deputy Director)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Olszewski, Marisa (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Kickenson, Jerry
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Tulkin, Josh (MD Sierra Club)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Davis, Wayne
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Richards, Annie (ShoreRivers)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Bawer, Kenneth
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Conway, Mark (Chesapeake Conservancy)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Boies, Sharon (Sierra Club)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- iliff, jesse (Severn River Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Ochsenhirt, Lisa (Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Cangelosi, Allegra (Citizen)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Price, Suzanne (Concerned Citizen)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Huntley, Harry (Environmental Policy Innovation Center)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Griffith, Anna
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hunter, Casey (League of Women Voters of Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Knapp, Les (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- sarabia, deborah (Seneca Creek Watershed Partners)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Gillespie, Bill
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Elfreth, Sarah
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Elfreth, Sarah
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kickenson, Jerry
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Williams, Peggy
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Bawer, Kenneth (Coalition to Stop Stream Destruction)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Olszewski, Marisa (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Boies, Sharon (Sierra Club)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kerr, Cait
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Cangelosi, Allegra (Citizen)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Moore, Shannon (Frederick County Government)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Jones, Ann
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Simon, Robert (Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Knapp, Les (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- davis, roger (saveplumtreebranch.org)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bennett, Tyler (Compass Advocacy)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Mark