---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drinking Water - Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment"
description: "Drinking Water - Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 848"
citation: "Maryland HB 848 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da03dee6-f821-446a-9b29-a086cd8c562b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0848?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7728e9682a76d197549107df4a794765d1b6a77ba470a6ee80cd696970b363f3"
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 848 (2023) — Drinking Water - Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Drinking Water - Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_122_hb0848t.pdf)
2. **First - Drinking Water - Innovative Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0848f.pdf)
3. **Third - Drinking Water - Indirect Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0848t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-15** Hearing 3/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-27** Hearing 3/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da03dee6-f821-446a-9b29-a086cd8c562b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).