---
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: "SB 117"
citation: "Maryland SB 117 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-11-01"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c85c80-99e4-4335-a99a-f6c796f2c9e2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0117?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "28cece46179a5b6dcc0bb6008b6e3a5e713200be9ebbff5f3633202a0bdae4ae"
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 117 (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_460_sb0117t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0117f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0117t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/14 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-01-14** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/28 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88c85c80-99e4-4335-a99a-f6c796f2c9e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).