2026 Regular Session
HB250
Environment - Appropriation or Use of Water and Dam Safety - Enforcement
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to impose an administrative penalty for certain violations related to the appropriation or use of water and dam safety; repealing a certain limitation on the Department's authority to issue certain orders and send certain notices related to dam safety; requiring the Department to take certain actions before imposing certain civil or administrative penalties; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 993025/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected
Failed
37 yea–97 nay · 3 not voting · 4 absent
March 18, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 773227/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected
Failed
37 yea–95 nay · 6 not voting · 3 absent
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
96 yea–37 nay · 3 not voting · 5 absent
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
32 yea–12 nay · 1 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 14, 2026 · House
Environment and Transportation
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (32-12) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (96-37)
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Floor Amendment {773227/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected (37-95)
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House Floor Amendment {993025/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected (37-97)
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House Motion Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments {933520/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Environment and Transportation
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House Pre-filed