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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity"
+description: "Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 42"
+citation: "Maryland SB 42 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-06-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e71a6847-499e-4c9a-9581-a484d54f1183"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0042?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "e1dd4c238cc98c14c42933c43bbc2a57246e8cad478d1a4f0f0fff3f65fb6e56"
+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 SB 42 (2026) — Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_693_sb0042t.pdf)
+2. **First - Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0042f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0042t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
+- **2026-01-17** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-20** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 693 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e71a6847-499e-4c9a-9581-a484d54f1183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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