---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits"
description: "Environment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 992"
citation: "Maryland HB 992 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7521f747-6f18-47a2-a2e0-532c9e9910b8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0992?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "96482d44bdc88ce726377c89e3999268b48fc4e08431e8f194a79dc706ef9ce8"
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 992 (2024) — Environment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_562_hb0992t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0992f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0992t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 562 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7521f747-6f18-47a2-a2e0-532c9e9910b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).