---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Natural Gas and Liquefied Propane Piping Systems - Construction Requirements (Flynn and Laird Act)"
description: "Public Safety - Natural Gas and Liquefied Propane Piping Systems - Construction Requirements (Flynn and Laird Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1052"
citation: "Maryland HB 1052 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8189ed1a-3200-4a3d-8f34-0862ba7bd126"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1052?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb39d925f38fad9b0d698fa4e27585e7c88709dbd5fceb34a5cf300c7619d315"
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 1052 (2022) — Public Safety - Natural Gas and Liquefied Propane Piping Systems - Construction Requirements (Flynn and Laird Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Natural Gas and Liquefied Propane Piping Systems - Construction Requirements (Flynn and Laird Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_140_hb1052t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety – Gas Piping Systems – Construction Requirements (Flynn and Laird Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1052f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Natural Gas and Liquefied Propane Piping Systems - Construction Requirements (Flynn and Laird Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1052t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8189ed1a-3200-4a3d-8f34-0862ba7bd126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).