HB 747

Did not advance

Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Extension of Sunset and Implementation Dates

Sponsor: Michele Guyton (District 42B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; requiring a landlord or an owner of property to notify a certain delegated approval authority that an on-site sewage disposal system has failed and when the system is fixed, under certain circumstances; extending certain dates; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 15FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bassett, Elle	Arundel Rivers Federation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bassett, Elle	Arundel Rivers Federation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Geckle, Mathew	Back River Precast	Oral
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Guyton, Michele	Delegate Michele Guyton	Written (PDF)
FAV	Guyton, Michele	Delegate Michele Guyton	Written (PDF)
FAV	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
FAV	Richards, Annie	ShoreRivers	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Delegate Guyton, Delegate Guytonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Guyton, Delegate Guytonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ranson, Emilylobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Schmidt-Perkins, Dru	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Schmidt-Perkins, Dru	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Castelli, Williamlobbyist	Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLC	Written (PDF)
FWA	Baker, Jeremy D	Maryland Department of the Environment	Written (PDF)
INFO	Harrison, Edward	Maryland Onsite Wastewater Professionals Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Nagi, Ryan	Individual	Oral

Organizations on record

Arundel Rivers FederationFAV 2

Back River PrecastFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Delegate Michele GuytonFAV 2

Maryland Department of the EnvironmentFAV 1FWA 1

Maryland Onsite Wastewater Professionals AssociationINFO 1

Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCUNF 1

ShoreRiversFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action

UNFCastelli, WilliamRifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company…