HB 34

Maryland House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.

Status: passed_lower. Latest action: May 15, 2026.

Municipalities - Open Drainage Inlets - Inventory and Improvements (Mason's Law).

Bill ID MD-2026-HB-34

Session 2026

Status passed_lower

Committee Environment and Transportation; Education, Energy, and the Environment

House of Delegates passed_lower 2026-05-15

Environment / Climate Tax / Budget / Appropriations

Summary

Requiring, by April 1, 2028, a municipality to inventory and prioritize all existing open drainage inlets in the municipality and construct or install certain improvements on a new or existing open drainage inlet within the municipality; requiring, in each of fiscal years 2029 through 2031, $250,000 of the money appropriated to the comprehensive flood management grant program within the Department of the Environment be used to provide matching funds to assist with certain costs; etc.

Sponsor

Delegate Bouchat

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-01-14	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-03-08	Status	passed_lower
2026-05-15	Latest Action	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment

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