# Maryland HB 0491: St. Mary's County - Metropolitan Commission - Discontinuance of Service

Maryland HB 0491, St. Mary's County - Metropolitan Commission - Discontinuance of Service, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0491-2025RS
- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0491
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: St. Mary's County - Metropolitan Commission - Discontinuance of Service
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-20
- Last action: 2025-05-13, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Counties - Local Laws, Committees and Commissions, Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty, Rules and Regulations, Safety -see also- Occupational Safety, Sewage, St. Mary's County, Termination of Services, Wastewater, Water -see also- Coastal Bays; Riv,Str,Lks; Wastewater; etc.
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (181 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Unsafe properties get utility charge relief: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, St. Mary’s County’s Metropolitan Commission must pause a property’s ready-to-serve charge during an unsafe-property shutoff. This applies when an accident or human-caused or natural disaster makes an improved private property unsafe, unfit, or unsuitable to live in. The p…
- Water and sewer customers face shutoffs: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, St. Mary’s County’s Metropolitan Commission can stop water and sewer service for unpaid charges. This applies to service, connection, inspection, benefit, or other charges unpaid more than 30 days after their due date. The Commission must collect both turn-off and turn-on…
- Water rule violators face higher costs: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, St. Mary’s County’s Metropolitan Commission can use administrative remedies or court action for water or sewer rule violations. These rules cover public water and sewer use, sewer drains, building sewer lines and mains, related equipment, connections, and discharges. Admi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-04 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 44 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 137 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-05-13: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599
- 2025-04-05: Returned Passed (House)
- 2025-04-04: Third Reading Passed (44-0) (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Hearing 4/01 at 3:30 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Hearing canceled (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Third Reading Passed (137-0) (House)
- 2025-03-11: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-03-11: Favorable with Amendments {103522/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-10: Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation (House)
- 2025-01-27: Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-20: First Reading Environment and Transportation (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-13: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_599_hb0491t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0491t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0491f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_599_hb0491t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0491t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0491f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0491-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).