2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB722: Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration

Legislative Summary

Defining the term "ecological restoration" as an activity undertaken with the goal of recovering, re-establishing, or enhancing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through improvements to physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or processes, returning natural or historical functions or services, or protecting or improving resiliency.

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Bill History

1/31/2025
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
2/3/2025
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
3/3/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
3/4/2025
Favorable with Amendments {993023/1 Adopted
Senate
3/4/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
3/6/2025
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
Senate
3/7/2025
Referred Environment and Transportation
House of Delegates
3/19/2025
Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/31/2025
Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
House of Delegates
3/31/2025
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
House of Delegates
4/1/2025
Third Reading Passed (136-0)
House of Delegates
4/1/2025
Returned Passed
Senate

Amendments

Favorable with Amendments 993023/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 993023/1 Adopted

3/4/2025Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
4/1/2025
136
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
3/6/2025
44
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Enrolled(4/1/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Shaneka Henson
Shaneka Henson
Democrat

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text3/4/202588.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/31/202582.0 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197040.0 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197049.5 KB