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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became LawApr 28, 2026
Maryland Senate Bill
Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 28, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 371
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Hersheycosponsor
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
NO: 0
ABSENT: 2
YES: 134
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Stewart
- Adams
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stonko
- Allen
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Anderson
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Toles
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Reilly
- Turner
- Baker
- Fisher
- Korman
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Rose
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Behler
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Ross
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Buckel
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Schindler
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chang
- Hartman
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Moon
- Simmons
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hill
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Young
- Coley
- Hornberger
- Nawrocki
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Stein
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 28, 2026 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (134-0)
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Environment and Transportation
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {373221/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Anderson, Patti (Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Feindt, Jennifer (Horizon Farm Credit)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Ruhl, Janet
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Thacker, John
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Swanson, Taylor (Assateague Coastal Trust)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hough, Tyler (Maryland Farm Bureau)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- O'Hara, Molly (Office of Senator Mary Beth Carozza)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Peters-Lidard, Christa
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Pluta, Matt (ShoreRivers)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Snow, Ryan (R&R Solutions)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Meyerovich, Mark
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Armus, Molly (Friends of the Earth)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Thompson, Lindsay
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Broder, Robin (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Middleton, Grayson (Delmarva Chicken Association)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Olszewski, Marisa (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- EEE Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Ross, Gabrielle (Concerned Citizens Against Industrial CAFOs (CCAIC))
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Palmer, Harrison (Maryland Department of Agriculture)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Carozza, Mary Beth
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Casteel, Rachel (Sentinels of Eastern Shore Health)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy (MDE)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Bassett, Elle (Arundel Rivers Federation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Middleton, Grayson (Delmarva Chicken Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hough, Tyler (Maryland Farm Bureau)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Carozza, Mary Beth
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Nelson, Jen (Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Richards, Annie (ShoreRivers)
