---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals"
description: "Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 619"
citation: "Maryland HB 619 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Barron", "Bhandari", "Brooks", "C. Jackson", "Cardin", "Charles", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Hettleman", "Hill", "Johnson", "K. Young", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Krebs", "Love", "Metzgar", "Morgan", "P. Young", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Saab", "Sample-Hughes", "Stein", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f45b183-b31d-4a41-8ada-83bf6ceeae34"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0619?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e9d98dc279dbe6bfb7ab1dbf0dc908ae70266bef43a15ec7ae18ac5949eca96e"
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 619 (2020) — Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_276_hb0619t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Use of Fire-Fighting Foam Containing Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0619f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0619t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Jackson — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 276 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f45b183-b31d-4a41-8ada-83bf6ceeae34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).