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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)"
+description: "Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 275"
+citation: "Maryland HB 275 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Clark", "Crosby", "Hill", "Jackson", "Korman", "Lehman", "Love", "R. Lewis", "Rogers"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-01-17"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2acc236-0cfd-4a0e-8074-59acbeb401a0"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0275?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "35f90f698e99205965b3b1a369e45bb2ed2c2e5080c037a3019cfa4334781717"
+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 275 (2022) — Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_138_hb0275e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0275e.pdf)
+3. **First - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0275f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0275t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bagnall — primary (person)
+- Clark — primary (person)
+- Crosby — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-17** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-28** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-04-09** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2acc236-0cfd-4a0e-8074-59acbeb401a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+