---
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: "SB 546"
citation: "Maryland SB 546 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a763462-eb73-4be6-8a86-5afa9dd976f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0546?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "45860de37beef3f852630088390be16a47d6f8dabffc639e376edf41c2d297a6"
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 546 (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_238_sb0546t.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/sb/sb0546f.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/sb/sb0546t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation and Appropriations
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a763462-eb73-4be6-8a86-5afa9dd976f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).