HB0663 — Department of the Environment - Federal Environmental Policy - Reporting
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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9 sponsors
1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (7 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Requiring, beginning on or before July 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter, the Department of the Environment to report to the General Assembly on any changes in federal environmental policy that have been deemed legally valid by a final decision of a federal court and, if there has been a change in federal environmental policy, on the steps the State is taking to respond to that change.
Bill Text
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Read HB0663 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Holmes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg · Primary
- Delegate Dylan Behler · Cosponsor
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce · Cosponsor
- Delegate Linda Foley · Cosponsor
- Delegate Michele Guyton · Cosponsor
- J. Lewis · Cosponsor
- Delegate Darrell Odom · Cosponsor
- Delegate Dana Stein · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 179 not signed on · 46 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg Democrat
Co-sponsors (8)
- Delegate Holmes
- Delegate Dylan Behler Democrat
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce Democrat
- Delegate Linda Foley Democrat
- Delegate Michele Guyton Democrat
- Lewis, J.
- Delegate Darrell Odom Democrat
- Delegate Dana Stein Democrat
Not signed on (179)
179 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 179 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 72% | 28% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 60% | 28% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 89 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 98 | 37 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 26% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0663 do?
- Requiring, beginning on or before July 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter, the Department of the Environment to report to the General Assembly on any changes in federal environmental policy that have been deemed legally valid by a final decision of a federal court and, if there has been a change in federal environmental policy, on the steps the State is taking to respond to that change.
- Who sponsors HB0663?
- HB0663 is sponsored by Delegate Holmes, Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Delegate Dylan Behler (Democrat), Delegate Regina T. Boyce (Democrat), Delegate Linda Foley (Democrat), Delegate Michele Guyton (Democrat), Lewis, J., Delegate Darrell Odom (Democrat), and Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0663?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2026. Enacted.
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