---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings"
description: "Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "Maryland SB 436 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16ad98d9-1816-4952-869c-7ddc38930673"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0436?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8f8adcefff94ec1eaa6cda60bb46d0adc353ecce6b19aa73dcec8948ca41c38b"
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 SB 436 (2025) — Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_503_sb0436t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0436f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0436t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **113–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16ad98d9-1816-4952-869c-7ddc38930673`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).