---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment – Lead Paint Abatement Services – Performance Bond and Liability Insurance"
description: "Environment – Lead Paint Abatement Services – Performance Bond and Liability Insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Maryland HB 252 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-25"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ad8494c-8b81-4e1f-b02e-f808a1b4fdac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0252?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6b8dd9048a4a93fc6a11b9222abbec3bdaa48053c82f1c9cecbe1c977a77de99"
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 252 (2026) — Environment – Lead Paint Abatement Services – Performance Bond and Liability Insurance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment – Lead Paint Abatement Services – Performance Bond and Liability Insurance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_359_hb0252t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment – Lead Paint Abatement Services – Performance Bond and Liability Insurance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0252f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment – Lead Paint Abatement Services – Performance Bond and Liability Insurance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0252t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **92–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ad8494c-8b81-4e1f-b02e-f808a1b4fdac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).