---
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: "SB 407"
citation: "Maryland SB 407 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Ready"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d405dd6a-f19f-4bad-b38f-39b0a6915cdf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0407?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "13d0b61df5f1d7e38405e3c1de56be7217b9da25140a5cfeb646a4ce5d7fdbd7"
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 407 (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_123_sb0407t.pdf)
2. **First - Drinking Water - Innovative Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0407f.pdf)
3. **Third - Drinking Water - Innovative Potable Reuse Pilot Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0407t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/15 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
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d405dd6a-f19f-4bad-b38f-39b0a6915cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).