---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Health Specialists and Well and Septic Systems Permitting - Studies (Environmental Health Systems Support Act of 2023)"
description: "Environmental Health Specialists and Well and Septic Systems Permitting - Studies (Environmental Health Systems Support Act of 2023)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 830"
citation: "Maryland SB 830 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5c176dc-3dd4-4c22-af9c-08d6862a5e53"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0830?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "049f827ebacf84612d531e431888fcc5a2f738bf85edb747e4696bd5dfdd1fca"
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 830 (2023) — Environmental Health Specialists and Well and Septic Systems Permitting - Studies (Environmental Health Systems Support Act of 2023)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environmental Health Specialists and Well and Septic Systems Permitting - Studies (Environmental Health Systems Support Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_577_sb0830t.pdf)
2. **First - Environmental Health Specialists and On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Reform (Environmental Health Systems Support Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0830f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environmental Health Specialists and Well and Septic Systems Permitting - Studies (Environmental Health Systems Support Act of 2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0830t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2023-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 577 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5c176dc-3dd4-4c22-af9c-08d6862a5e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).