Maryland House Bill 613

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 28 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-28 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Authorizing a person to use living shorelines as a certain erosion control measure; applying the Act only to a shoreline stabilization project for which any portion of the project is in an area that is not designated as appropriate for structural stabilization measures by Department mapping; requiring that certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment require the Department to take certain action during the evaluation of a certain waiver request; requiring the Department to develop a certain scoring system; etc.

Department of the Environment - Waivers for Living Shorelines and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Regulations and Scoring System

Del. Todd Morgan [R]	Del. Regina Boyce [D]	Del. Brian Crosby [D]	Del. Mark Fisher [R]
Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. Jeff Ghrist [R]	Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Jay Jacobs [R]
Del. Jeffrie Long [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]	Del. Kevin Anderson [R]
Del. Dylan Behler [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]
Del. Dana Stein [D]

2026-04-11 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 127 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-04-10 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-03-23 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 133 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-28	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321
2026-04-11	House	Passed Enrolled
2026-04-11	House	Third Reading Passed (127-0)
2026-04-11	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2026-04-10	Senate	Third Reading Passed (41-0)
2026-04-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {273624/1 Adopted
2026-04-10	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-03-25	Senate	Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-23	Senate	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-03-23	House	Third Reading Passed (133-0)
2026-03-21	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-21	House	Favorable with Amendments {833024/1 Adopted
2026-03-21	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
2026-02-10	House	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-28	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

SB368 (Crossfiled) 2026-01-28 - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0613?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0613f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0613t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0613e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_321_hb0613e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0613_83302401.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0613_27362401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0613_ent.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/hb0613_eee.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/0806.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/1106.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1421.pdf