---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity"
description: "Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 677"
citation: "Maryland HB 677 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Griffith", "Nkongolo", "Odom", "Rogers", "Schmidt", "Simmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b285aa19-77f7-429c-b6de-303b54fab0aa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0677?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "ece4f2cbbb8e511c4fb479fa0cc3396fae0d8e96bef81b1e27447d5260a575c5"
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 677 (2026) — Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_692_hb0677t.pdf)
2. **First - Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0677f.pdf)
3. **Third - Reduction Facilities and Veterans Service Organizations - Hydrolyzed and Soil Remains - Immunity** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0677t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Nkongolo — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Report by Health `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 Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 692 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b285aa19-77f7-429c-b6de-303b54fab0aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).