---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study"
description: "Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "Maryland HB 222 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Holmes", "Otto", "Ruth", "Stein", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-10-29"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b05ffdfd-dcc2-4fad-bbd3-0f47d22743f6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0222?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7d5c698ad629435c32f80548417567e56ae3e7847d8b79261883708cb3615256"
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 222 (2025) — Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_385_hb0222e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0222e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0222f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0222t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-13** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-13** Hearing 1/28 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2025-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Holmes, Stewart and Baker)
- **2025-04-07** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2025-04-07** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Holmes, Stewart and Baker)
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Brooks and Gallion)
- **2025-04-07** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Feldman, Brooks and Gallion)
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b05ffdfd-dcc2-4fad-bbd3-0f47d22743f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).