---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission"
description: "Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Maryland SB 18 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-09-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/127feefe-1d5a-4ee6-bb32-40b68dc39207"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0018?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "99dc8047719339a739d4b56b9c2e8f4122e9dba71690c38e88e2629a481680f7"
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 18 (2020) — Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_500_sb0018t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0018f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0018t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-02** Hearing 1/16 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-01-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-01-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 500 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/127feefe-1d5a-4ee6-bb32-40b68dc39207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).