---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)"
description: "Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "Maryland HB 275 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Clark", "Crosby", "Hill", "Jackson", "Korman", "Lehman", "Love", "R. Lewis", "Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2acc236-0cfd-4a0e-8074-59acbeb401a0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0275?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "35f90f698e99205965b3b1a369e45bb2ed2c2e5080c037a3019cfa4334781717"
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 275 (2022) — Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_138_hb0275e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0275e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0275f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0275t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-09** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2acc236-0cfd-4a0e-8074-59acbeb401a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).