---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations"
description: "Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "Maryland HB 395 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Anderson", "Arentz", "Beauchamp", "Boyce", "Ghrist", "Grammer", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Hutchinson", "Jacobs", "Nawrocki", "Odom", "Reilly", "Sample-Hughes", "Stein", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ab8310-33c1-4a90-ac2b-7035016de11f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0395?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "7b728826e848037e5100cce8890088fb8cbadeb5a072650a667fa6d94eea60cc"
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 395 (2026) — Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_254_hb0395t.pdf)
2. **First - Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0395f.pdf)
3. **Third - Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0395t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32ab8310-33c1-4a90-ac2b-7035016de11f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).