---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety – State Fire Prevention Code – Trash and Recyclable Materials"
description: "Public Safety – State Fire Prevention Code – Trash and Recyclable Materials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 848"
citation: "Maryland HB 848 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccfb3441-5958-47f5-a7cf-f93784d3974b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0848?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "dd45d9165f369e7d0ceb6736efdb36629ffaad3a6270338548c4c09320128f97"
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 848 (2026) — Public Safety – State Fire Prevention Code – Trash and Recyclable Materials

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Safety – State Fire Prevention Code – Trash and Recyclable Materials** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_66_hb0848t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety – State Fire Prevention Code – Trash and Recyclable Materials** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0848f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety – State Fire Prevention Code – Trash and Recyclable Materials** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0848t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **121–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccfb3441-5958-47f5-a7cf-f93784d3974b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).