Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1196: Environment - Water Quality Testing - Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels Action Plan
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a statewide action plan for the enforcement of standards for secondary maximum contaminant levels to address water discoloring, taste, and odor at community water systems and nontransient, noncommunity water systems; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
What the bill says
A bill ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Environment - Mobile Home Parks - Water Quality Testing FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a certain mobile home park water quality testing program on or before a certain date; requiring the Department to perform water quality testing at a certain percentage of the total number of mobile home parks by certain dates; requiring the Department to provide certain notice of certain water quality testing results in a certain manner; requiring a mobile home park owner to take certain actions under certain circumstances…
From the introduced text, February 12, 2026:
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Environment - Mobile Home Parks - Water Quality Testing FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of the Environment to develop a certain mobile home park water quality testing program on or before a certain date; requiring the Department to perform water quality testing at a certain percentage of the total number of mobile home parks by certain dates; requiring the Department to provide certain notice of certain water quality testing results in a certain manner; requiring a mobile home park owner to take certain actions under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to develop a certain statewide action plan to address water quality at mobile home parks; and generally relating to water quality testing and mobile home parks. BY adding to Article - Environment Section 9-4B-01 through 9-4B-06 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 4B. Mobile Home Park Water Quality Testing Program" Annotated Code of Maryland (2014 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Real Property Section 8A-101(a), (c), (d), (f), and (j) Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Environment EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted …