---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Plumbing Act - Non-Water-Conserving Fixtures and Devices - Repeal of Criminal Penalties for Sale or Installation"
description: "Maryland Plumbing Act - Non-Water-Conserving Fixtures and Devices - Repeal of Criminal Penalties for Sale or Installation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 67"
citation: "Maryland HB 67 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Conservation", "Crimes and Punishments", "Penalties and Sentences", "Plumbing", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Lewis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-07-24"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df80d59-f716-469e-b164-e7b15c9f3c85"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB67&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "2e72848a100a8b057360cd266df276b3769653f01d51eef08c9959c641661fba"
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 67 (2018) — Maryland Plumbing Act - Non-Water-Conserving Fixtures and Devices - Repeal of Criminal Penalties for Sale or Installation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0067f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-07-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing 1/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-22** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-01-25** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-26** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7df80d59-f716-469e-b164-e7b15c9f3c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).