2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1155: 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

2/6/2025
First Reading Environment and Transportation
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/12/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
House of Delegates
3/13/2025
Favorable with Amendments {613920/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
3/13/2025
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Fisher) Adopted
House of Delegates
3/15/2025
Floor Amendment {503326/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (40-95)
House of Delegates
3/15/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
3/17/2025
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
House of Delegates
3/17/2025
Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
4/3/2025
Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
4/3/2025
Favorable Adopted
Senate
4/3/2025
Second Reading Passed
Senate
4/4/2025
Third Reading Passed (44-0)
Senate
4/5/2025
Returned Passed
House of Delegates

Amendments

Floor Amendment 503326/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (40-95)

Floor Amendment 503326/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected (40-95)

3/15/2025Not Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 613920/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 613920/1 Adopted

3/13/2025Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
3/17/2025
138
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Floor Amendment 503326/1 (Delegate Fisher) Rejected
3/15/2025
40
Yea
95
Nay
1
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: FAILED

Status Information

Current Status
Enrolled(4/5/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Dana Stein
Dana Stein
Democrat

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text3/15/202588.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/6/202581.8 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197049.5 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197040.1 KB