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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Regulation
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 719
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 41
- Mr. President
- Gallion
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Smith
- Augustine
- Gile
- Jackson
- Love
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Guzzone
- James
- Mautz
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Harris
- Jennings
- McCray
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Hayes
- Kagan
- McKay
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Henson
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hershey
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- West
- Corderman
- Hester
- Lam
- Salling
- Zucker
- Feldman
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 129
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Queen
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kipke
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Anderson
- Fair
- Korman
- Roberson
- Turner
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Rose
- Vogel
- Baker
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Ross
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Behler
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Boafo
- Harrison
- McComas
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Buckel
- Hill
- Miller
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chang
- Holmes
- Moon
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Young
- Coley
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stewart
ABSENT: 1
YES: 46
- 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
- Benson
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Brooks
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Washington, M.
- Carozza
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- West
- Charles
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Corderman
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (129-8)
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {853822/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Referred Environment and Transportation Health
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (41-0)
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {423427/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {423427/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Ellis) Adopted
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - RegulationPDF
- Amendments {423427/1 (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - RegulationPDF
- Amendments {853822/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Sewage Sludge - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - RegulationPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- To, Priscilla
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Roe, Caitlin (Indivisible Howard County)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Ranson, Emily
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Thompson, Lindsay
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Simon, Robert (Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Walls, Brent (Potomac Riverkeeper Network)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Howard, Curt (MD-IWLA)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Tarsel, Emily (Health Choice Maryland.org)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Blair, Peter (Just Zero)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Forrer, Steve (Chesapeake Legal Alliance)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Fidler, Elisabeth (Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Love, Sara (Maryland State Senator)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Hough, Tyler (Maryland Farm Bureau)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Maguire, Gussie
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Pluta, Matt (ShoreRivers)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Swanson, Taylor (Assateague Coastal Trust)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Broder, Robin (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Brice, Tyler (Maryland Municipal League)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Nicholas, Betsy (Potomac Riverkeeper Network)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Snow, Ryan (R&R Solutions)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Ochsenhirt, Lisa (Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Peot, Chris (DC Water)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- Dumais, Laura (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Vetter, Drew
- EEE Testimony, FWA -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Meyerovich, Mark
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Tosi, Jeff (Maryland Environmental Service)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Schafer, Zachary (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hough, Tyler (Maryland Farm Bureau)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Tosi, Jeff (Maryland Environmental Service)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Pluta, Matt (ShoreRivers)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Crump, Patrick (MEPPN)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Meyerovich, Mark
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Love, Sara (Maryland State Senator)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Krieger, Betsy (Be the Change Bmore)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Broder, Robin (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Zapata, Vanessa (Just Zero)


