republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/sb-956.md

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Bill	Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)	Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 956	Maryland SB 956 (2024)	bill	A	enacted	Hester	4	17	3	2024-02-02	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/90f71d66-cbf5-4ddc-bf95-8e8b94bf2d9f	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0956?ys=2024RS&search=True	dc13722d92fdf6aef6e5f1db1e2bf088ca3507df775ccd88a226f42f2bc505f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 956 (2024) — Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 104–32 (pass) · lower
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 40–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hester — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-02 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-04-01 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-04-01 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-02 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-02 Referred Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2024-04-05 Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
• 2024-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-06 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-08 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2024-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-08 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90f71d66-cbf5-4ddc-bf95-8e8b94bf2d9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).