---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act)"
description: "School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 636"
citation: "Maryland HB 636 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07976d13-0c1f-41d1-bd93-5b58970d2b7d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0636?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9e0757964a5366498728f174cfd84a8f93dc6ca31138d782a1b56f7d5d3e920a"
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 636 (2021) — School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_237_hb0636t.pdf)
2. **First - School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0636f.pdf)
3. **Third - School Buildings - Drinking Water Outlets - Elevated Level of Lead (Safe School Drinking Water Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0636t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07976d13-0c1f-41d1-bd93-5b58970d2b7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).