---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Fire-Fighting Training - Oriented Strand Board - Prohibition"
description: "Environment - Fire-Fighting Training - Oriented Strand Board - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 256"
citation: "Maryland SB 256 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Hester", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b1dc1c6-c0b1-40bf-86e7-2b878dc67918"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0256?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e1e57a18d2aa8a9dfd687d100a3e60510e23f34c6614ee5a05f299ca3cd34a9d"
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 256 (2023) — Environment - Fire-Fighting Training - Oriented Strand Board - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Fire-Fighting Training - Oriented Strand Board - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_579_sb0256t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Fire-Fighting Training - Oriented Strand Board - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0256f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Fire-Fighting Training - Oriented Strand Board - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0256t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-28** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2023-02-28** Motion Special Order until 3/1 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2023-03-01** Favorable as Amended Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b1dc1c6-c0b1-40bf-86e7-2b878dc67918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).