---
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: "SB 273"
citation: "Maryland SB 273 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Beidle", "Elfreth", "Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f19cf338-8c53-497d-9099-b074e81b9957"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0273?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1cb2fffbd498b27557b7089d8537a00ac7c51183ad1f6019eb886493cda7d007"
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 273 (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_139_sb0273e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0273e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0273f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0273t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Beidle — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f19cf338-8c53-497d-9099-b074e81b9957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).