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IntroducedOct 07, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 20, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Implementation Dates
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 23, 2026: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 146
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 93
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Taylor
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ross
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Shetty
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Simmons
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Simpson
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moon
- Smith
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Moreno
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
NO: 36
NOT VOTING: 3
- Morgan, T.
- Roberts
- Young
Actions
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (93-36)
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Floor Amendment {673823/1 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {323329/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 2/18 (Delegate Fisher) Adopted
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Jan 19, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
- Oct 07, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Implementation DatesPDF
- Amendments {323329/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {673823/1 (Delegate Adams) Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Implementation DatesPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Sharpe, Charlene (Worcester County)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Zillig, Robert
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Moritz, Heather (MD Conference of Environmental Directors)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ranson, Emily
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Geckle, Mathew (Back River Precast)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Harrison, Edward (Maryland Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Jones, Dwayne (Jones Pump Service)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Minahan, Nancy
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Powell, James
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- von Gunten, Eugene
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Parham, Martinna (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Richards, Annie (ShoreRivers)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Castelli, William (Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLC)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Guyton, Michele (Delegate Michele Guyton)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Frick, Ryan
- ENT Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All



