---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical"
description: "Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Maryland SB 447 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Beidle", "Feldman", "Guzzone", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8805684-e565-4fa2-9aff-0bf21c0d9ccd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0447?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d8783d646b4b577b3e36084b39cc52bd2c257e0300ef66bad197e859c91a24e4"
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 447 (2020) — Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_555_sb0447t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0447f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0447t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 555 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8805684-e565-4fa2-9aff-0bf21c0d9ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).