---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Water and Sewer Service"
description: "Environment - Water and Sewer Service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Maryland SB 709 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Assessments", "Boundaries", "Committees and Commissions", "Fees", "General Assembly", "Housing", "Notices", "Prices", "Real Property", "Sewage", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt and Ferguson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5411fce8-2b79-48fa-a39a-3f4db6248735"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB709&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "0ee93c57ed0fd2fd145af4dc2afb3c7130d0addd0b4cc578efd4d8e98d694514"
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 709 (2018) — Environment - Water and Sewer Service

## 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/sb/sb0709f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckardt and Ferguson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5411fce8-2b79-48fa-a39a-3f4db6248735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).