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Maryland Senate Bill SB544

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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33 EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
44 [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5- Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6- Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
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107 SENATE BILL 544
118 J1, A1, M4 5lr2027
129 CF HB 559
1310 By: Senator Bailey
1411 Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
1512 Assigned to: Finance
16-Committee Report: Favorable
17-Senate action: Adopted with floor amendments
18-Read second time: February 24, 2025
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20-CHAPTER ______
14+A BILL ENTITLED
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2216 AN ACT concerning 1
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2418 Food Establishments – Portable Chemical Toilets 2
2519
2620 FOR the purpose of authorizing certain food establishments to comply with the 3
2721 requirement to provide a convenient lavatory by providing a portable chemical toilet 4
2822 that otherwise meets certain requirements; and generally relating to food 5
2923 establishments. 6
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3125 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
3226 Article – Health – General 8
3327 Section 21–325 9
3428 Annotated Code of Maryland 10
3529 (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
3630
3731 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
3832 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
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4034 Article – Health – General 14
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4236 21–325. 15
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4438 (a) [Each] SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION , EACH food 16
4539 establishment shall have: 17
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4741 (1) A convenient toilet that is: 18
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43+ (i) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, separated 19
44+from any room in which food is manufactured, prepared, packed, canned, frozen, sold, or 20
45+distributed; 21
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47+ (ii) Kept in a sanitary condition; and 22 2 SENATE BILL 544
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51- (i) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, separated 1
52-from any room in which food is manufactured, prepared, packed, canned, frozen, sold, or 2
53-distributed; 3
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55- (ii) Kept in a sanitary condition; and 4
51+ (iii) Properly ventilated; and 1
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57- (iii) Properly ventilated; and 5
53+ (2) A convenient lavatory that is: 2
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59- (2) A convenient lavatory that is: 6
55+ (i) Supplied with soap, water, towels, or other approved hand drying 3
56+devices; 4
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61- (i) Supplied with soap, water, towels, or other approved hand drying 7
62-devices; 8
58+ (ii) Kept in a sanitary condition; and 5
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64- (ii) Kept in a sanitary condition; and 9
60+ (iii) Properly ventilated. 6
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66- (iii) Properly ventilated. 10
62+ (b) Each food service facility which prepares food and provides seating for patrons 7
63+established after January 1, 1979, shall have available for the public: 8
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68- (b) Each food service facility which prepares food and provides seating for patrons 11
69-established after January 1, 1979, shall have available for the public: 12
65+ (1) A convenient toilet that is kept in a sanitary condition; and 9
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71- (1) A convenient toilet that is kept in a sanitary condition; and 13
67+ (2) A convenient lavatory that is: 10
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73- (2) A convenient lavatory that is: 14
69+ (i) Supplied with soap, water, towels, or other approved hand drying 11
70+devices; 12
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75- (i) Supplied with soap, water, towels, or other approved hand drying 15
76-devices; 16
72+ (ii) Kept in a sanitary condition; and 13
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78- (ii) Kept in a sanitary condition; and 17
74+ (iii) Properly ventilated. 14
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80- (iii) Properly ventilated. 18
76+ (c) A room that houses a toilet may be constructed within a larger room in which 15
77+food is manufactured, prepared, packed, canned, frozen, sold, or distributed. 16
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82- (c) A room that houses a toilet may be constructed within a larger room in which 19
83-food is manufactured, prepared, packed, canned, frozen, sold, or distributed. 20
79+ (D) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLI ES ONLY TO A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT 17
80+THAT IS: 18
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85- (D) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLI ES ONLY TO A FOOD ES TABLISHMENT 21
86-THAT IS: 22
82+ (I) A BUSINESS THAT CONDUC TS AGRITOURISM , AS DEFINED IN 19
83+§ 4–212 OF THE LAND USE ARTICLE; 20
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88- (I) A BUSINESS THAT CONDUC TS AGRITOURISM , AS DEFINED IN 23
89-§ 4–212 OF THE LAND USE ARTICLE; 24
85+ (II) A CLASS 4 LIMITED WINERY LICENSED UNDER § 2–206 OF 21
86+THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE; AND 22
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91- (II) A CLASS 4 LIMITED WINERY LICEN SED UNDER § 2–206 OF 25
92-THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE; AND 26
88+ (III) A CLASS 8 FARM BREWERY LICENSED UNDE R § 2–210 OF 23
89+THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE. 24
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94- (III) A CLASS 8 FARM BREWERY LICENSE D UNDER § 2–210 OF 27
95-THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND CANNABIS ARTICLE. 28
91+ (2) A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT M AY COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT 25
92+TO PROVIDE A CONVENI ENT LAVATORY BY PROVIDING A PORTABLE CHEMICAL 26
93+TOILET THAT OTHERWISE MEETS THE REQUIREMEN TS OF SUBSECTION (A)(2) OR 27
94+(B)(2) OF THIS SECTION. 28
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99- (2) A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT M AY COMPLY WITH THE R EQUIREMENT 1
100-TO PROVIDE A CONVENI ENT LAVATORY BY PROV IDING A PORTABLE CHE MICAL 2
101-TOILET THAT OTHERWISE: 3
102-
103- (I) OTHERWISE MEETS THE REQUIREMEN TS OF SUBSECTION 4
104-(A)(2) OR (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION; AND 5
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106- (II) IS PLACED AT LEAST 25 FEET FROM A WELL . 6
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108- SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 7
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114-Approved:
115-________________________________________________________________________________
116- Governor.
117-________________________________________________________________________________
118- President of the Senate.
119-________________________________________________________________________________
120- Speaker of the House of Delegates.
98+ SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 1
99+1, 2025. 2