---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program"
description: "Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Maryland HB 131 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton", "Ruth", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-01"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cacdbb5-6c96-4660-9ddd-4de343c73a20"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0131?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ee47feb58589a35b8770ba1cd05f90e5e0abe0c71124c505cf457f396b4b7826"
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 131 (2025) — Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_461_hb0131t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0131f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0131t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 131 HB 397 HB 423 HB 425 HB 446 HB 513 HB 894 HB 1027 HB 1124 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guyton — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-27** Motion Special Order until End Of This Calendar (Delegate Korman) Adopted
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cacdbb5-6c96-4660-9ddd-4de343c73a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).