Maryland House Bill 619 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-8)
Status: Passed on May 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-08 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 276
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2021, the use of Class B fire-fighting foam that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals for certain testing or training purposes; providing that the Act does not restrict the manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain Class B fire-fighting foam or the discharge or other use of certain fire-fighting foam in emergency fire-fighting or prevention operations; requiring the use of nonfluorinated foam for fire-fighting training; establishing certain penalties; etc.

Environment – Use of Fire–Fighting Foam and PFAS Chemicals

Del. Pat Young [D]	Sen. Sara Love [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]
Del. Erek Barron [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Sen. Nick Charles [D]	Del. Brian Chisholm [R]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Sid Saab [R]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]
Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]	Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]	Del. Jon Cardin [D]
Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]
Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Carl Jackson [D]	Del. Ric Metzgar [R]
Del. Dana Stein [D]

2020-03-17 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-08	House	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 276
2020-03-18	House	Returned Passed
2020-03-17	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2020-03-17	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2020-03-17	Senate	Favorable Adopted
2020-03-17	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-03-15	Senate	Hearing canceled
2020-03-10	Senate	Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-02-28	Senate	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2020-02-27	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2020-02-25	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2020-02-25	House	Favorable with Amendments {766983/1 Adopted
2020-02-24	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2020-02-03	House	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-29	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Environment	6	1601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	6	1602	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	6	1603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	6	1604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	6	1605	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0619?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0619f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0619t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/amds/bil_0009/hb0619_76698301.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0619_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes_comm/hb0619_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/House/0214.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/votes/Senate/0962.pdf