---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties"
description: "Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-18"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81b0f722-fed3-488f-89d4-f66ef4f4d41d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b7a9952f5b353e1e92630fb97e4e08559aeafcd96352e93b79903a80ab2cacc2"
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 7 (2023) — Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_67_sb0007t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0007f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0007t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81b0f722-fed3-488f-89d4-f66ef4f4d41d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).