Legislation - HB0131

Title: Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program
Sponsored by: Delegates Stein, Guyton, and Ruth
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Updating the funding priorities for failing sewage systems and holding tanks; requiring as a second priority those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model; requiring as a third priority funding for failing systems within the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Energy, and the Environment

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Witness List

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0117

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 11/01/2024 Legislative Date 11/01/2024 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/08/2025 Legislative Date 1/08/2025 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/15/2025 Legislative Date 1/15/2025 Action Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2025 Legislative Date 2/24/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2025 Legislative Date 2/22/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments {823326/1 Adopted Proceedings 34 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2025 Legislative Date 2/22/2025 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 34 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/27/2025 Legislative Date 2/24/2025 Action Motion Special Order until End Of This Calendar (Delegate Korman) Adopted Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/27/2025 Legislative Date 2/24/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (129-5) Proceedings 36 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/28/2025 Legislative Date 2/14/2025 Action Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings 34 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	11/01/2024	11/01/2024	Pre-filed
House	1/08/2025	1/08/2025	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program
House	1/15/2025	1/15/2025	Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/24/2025	2/24/2025	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
House	2/25/2025	2/22/2025	Favorable with Amendments {823326/1 Adopted	34 Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/25/2025	2/22/2025	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	34 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program
House	2/27/2025	2/24/2025	Motion Special Order until End Of This Calendar (Delegate Korman) Adopted	36 Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/27/2025	2/24/2025	Third Reading Passed (129-5)	36 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	2/28/2025	2/14/2025	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment	34 Click to view Recorded Media

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