Maryland Senate Bill 265

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-14 - Hearing 1/28 at 2:30 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing the Reservoir Augmentation Program in the Department of the Environment; defining "Reservoir Augmentation" as the planned placement of reclaimed water into a surface water reservoir used as a source for a drinking water treatment facility; requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Department to perform reservoir augmentation; providing for the modification, renewal, denial, or revocation of a reservoir augmentation permit under the Program; and requiring certain revenues to be used for the operation and oversight of the Program.

Environment - Reservoir Augmentation Permit - Establishment

Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-14	Senate	Hearing 1/28 at 2:30 p.m.
2025-01-14	Senate	Hearing canceled
2025-01-14	Senate	Hearing 1/14 at 2:30 p.m.
2025-01-08	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
2024-10-06	Senate	Pre-filed

HB25 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-11 - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Chapter of the Acts	2023		(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	303.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	320	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0265?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0265f.pdf