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SENATE BILL 184
P1, M3, M1 6lr1307
(PRE–FILED)
By: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee (By Request –
Office of the Attorney General)
Requested: October 23, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 16, 2026
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Office of the Attorney General – Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes 2
Unit – Reporting Requirement 3
FOR the purpose of altering the date by which the Office of the Attorney General is required 4
to report each year to the Governor and the General A ssembly on certain activities 5
of the Office’s Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit and certain 6
activities taken by the Department of the Environment or the Department of Natural 7
Resources in response to findings of the Unit; and generally relati ng to the 8
Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
Article – State Government 11
Section 6–702(a)(1) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – State Government 16
Section 6–702(d) 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 19
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
Article – State Government 3
6–702. 4
(a) (1) There is an Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit of the 5
Office of the Attorney General. 6
(d) On or before [November 30 ] OCTOBER 1 each year, the Attorney General 7
shall report to the Governor, and, in accordance with § 2 –1257 of this article, the General 8
Assembly on: 9
(1) all the activities of the Unit DURING THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR; 10
and 11
(2) any actions taken by the Department of the Environment or the 12
Department of Natural Resources in response to findings and recommendations of the Unit. 13
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 14
1, 2026. 15
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.