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MD SB722

Bill

Official Source

Status

Passed

5/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Shaneka Henson

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a statutory definition of "ecological restoration" as activities aimed at recovering, re-establishing, or enhancing degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems

  • Qualifying restoration activities include improvements to physical, chemical, or biological characteristics; returning natural or historical ecosystem functions; or protecting and improving resiliency

  • Creates new Subtitle 10 "Ecological Restoration" under the Environment Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Sections 1-1001 and 1-1002)

  • Effective date: October 1, 2025; approved by Governor Wes Moore on May 6, 2025

Legislative Description

Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration

Rules and Regulations

Last Action

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329

5/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Environment and Transportation3/7/2025
Education, Energy, and the Environment1/31/2025

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