---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food Establishments - Lavatory Requirement and On-Farm Food Service Facility License"
description: "Food Establishments - Lavatory Requirement and On-Farm Food Service Facility License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Maryland HB 272 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-17"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6019f547-761e-4d82-80b1-25736f020b06"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0272?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "a48ecc8b797f00fc45a358b60f5af5ee98bad903a26bf5a72b87b6b6cc1a0676"
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 272 (2026) — Food Establishments - Lavatory Requirement and On-Farm Food Service Facility License

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Food Establishments - Lavatory Requirement and On-Farm Food Service Facility License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_189_hb0272t.pdf)
2. **First - Food Establishments - Lavatory Requirement and On-Farm Food Service Facility License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0272f.pdf)
3. **Third - Food Establishments - Lavatory Requirement and On-Farm Food Service Facility License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0272t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Health Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 189 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6019f547-761e-4d82-80b1-25736f020b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).