---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation"
description: "Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 925"
citation: "Maryland HB 925 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Foley", "Holmes", "Lewis", "Odom", "Stein", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc898cc-b2bf-4e1d-82f5-35d8ca23721c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0925?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e8ebbbb3723f0c487101db5137ba713de170af7b3e7ee45e1351115d33850ccb"
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 925 (2026) — Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_330_hb0925t.pdf)
2. **First - Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0925f.pdf)
3. **Third - Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0925t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behler — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dc898cc-b2bf-4e1d-82f5-35d8ca23721c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).