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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals"
+description: "Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 619"
+citation: "Maryland HB 619 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Barron", "Bhandari", "Brooks", "C. Jackson", "Cardin", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Hettleman", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Krebs", "Love", "Metzgar", "Morgan", "P. Young", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Stein", "Szeliga"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-29"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f45b183-b31d-4a41-8ada-83bf6ceeae34"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0619?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "e9d98dc279dbe6bfb7ab1dbf0dc908ae70266bef43a15ec7ae18ac5949eca96e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 619 (2020) — Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_276_hb0619t.pdf)
+2. **First - Environment - Use of Fire-Fighting Foam Containing Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0619f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0619t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Barron — primary (person)
+- Bhandari — primary (person)
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- C. Jackson — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Chisholm — primary (person)
+- Cullison — primary (person)
+- Ebersole — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Forbes — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- K. Young — primary (person)
+- Kelly — primary (person)
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Krebs — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- Metzgar — primary (person)
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+- P. Young — primary (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Saab — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Szeliga — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-02-28** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 276 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f45b183-b31d-4a41-8ada-83bf6ceeae34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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