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type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)"
description: "Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 956"
citation: "Maryland SB 956 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f71d66-cbf5-4ddc-bf95-8e8b94bf2d9f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0956?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dc13722d92fdf6aef6e5f1db1e2bf088ca3507df775ccd88a226f42f2bc505f8"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_557_sb0956e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0956e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0956f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment - Water Pollution Control - Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0956t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **10432** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **405** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90f71d66-cbf5-4ddc-bf95-8e8b94bf2d9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).