---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program"
description: "Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 964"
citation: "Maryland SB 964 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorchester County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d9a0560-f889-43ce-84df-803f9a1b20e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0964?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "10e5fe440ba9195d46124fdcacb081d6020a7aac81833f2cacaf2da85c80b3d9"
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 964 (2025) — Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_424_sb0964t.pdf)
2. **First - Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0964f.pdf)
3. **Third - Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0964t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorchester County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-12** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d9a0560-f889-43ce-84df-803f9a1b20e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).