HB0395 — Water Pollution Control - Discharge Permits - Animal Feeding Operations
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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19 sponsors
1 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (12 R · 5 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Repealing certain provisions of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and authorizing the Department, under certain circumstances, to authorize a person to begin construction on any part of a new animal feeding operation under a certain approval process established by the Department.
Bill Text
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Read HB0395 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Grammer · Cosponsor
- Delegate Holmes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce · Primary
- Delegate Christopher T. Adams · Cosponsor
- Delegate Steven J. Arentz · Cosponsor
- Delegate Barry Beauchamp · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist · Cosponsor
- Delegate Mike Griffith · Cosponsor
- Delegate Wayne A. Hartman · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger · Cosponsor
- Delegate Thomas S. Hutchinson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jay A. Jacobs · Cosponsor
- Delegate Teresa E. Reilly · Cosponsor
- Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes · Cosponsor
- Delegate Natalie Ziegler · Cosponsor
- Delegate H. Kevin Anderson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Ryan Nawrocki · Cosponsor
- Delegate Darrell Odom · Cosponsor
- Delegate Dana Stein · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Regina T. Boyce Democrat
Co-sponsors (18)
- Delegate Grammer
- Delegate Holmes
- Delegate Christopher T. Adams Republican
- Delegate Steven J. Arentz Republican
- Delegate Barry Beauchamp Republican
- Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist Republican
- Delegate Mike Griffith Republican
- Delegate Wayne A. Hartman Republican
- Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger Republican
- Delegate Thomas S. Hutchinson Republican
- Delegate Jay A. Jacobs Republican
- Delegate Teresa E. Reilly Republican
- Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes Democrat
- Delegate Natalie Ziegler Democrat
- Delegate H. Kevin Anderson Republican
- Delegate Ryan Nawrocki Republican
- Delegate Darrell Odom Democrat
- Delegate Dana Stein Democrat
Not signed on (169)
169 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 169 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 85 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Republican | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 126 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0395 do?
- Repealing certain provisions of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and authorizing the Department, under certain circumstances, to authorize a person to begin construction on any part of a new animal feeding operation under a certain approval process established by the Department.
- Who sponsors HB0395?
- HB0395 is sponsored by Delegate Grammer, Delegate Holmes, Delegate Regina T. Boyce (Democrat), Delegate Christopher T. Adams (Republican), Delegate Steven J. Arentz (Republican), Delegate Barry Beauchamp (Republican), Delegate Jefferson L. Ghrist (Republican), Delegate Mike Griffith (Republican), Delegate Wayne A. Hartman (Republican), Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger (Republican), Delegate Thomas S. Hutchinson (Republican), Delegate Jay A. Jacobs (Republican), Delegate Teresa E. Reilly (Republican), Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes (Democrat), Delegate Natalie Ziegler (Democrat), Delegate H. Kevin Anderson (Republican), Delegate Ryan Nawrocki (Republican), Delegate Darrell Odom (Democrat), and Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0395?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2026. Enacted.
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