---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions"
description: "Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "Maryland HB 1147 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Ebersole", "Foley", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Holmes", "Lehman", "Love", "Pasteur", "Ruth", "Stein", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0085f7e0-ad36-426f-9863-2aa5ffc9cbef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1147?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6bdc3df05ced8d265ccdc6ee8567cec735eebde30f791f84b8014274f03b3c1"
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 1147 (2024) — Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_488_hb1147t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1147f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1147t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–7** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **105–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0085f7e0-ad36-426f-9863-2aa5ffc9cbef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).