Maryland House Bill 253 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Passed on May 8 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-08 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to exempt an on-farm composting facility from the requirement to obtain a permit if the on-farm composting facility uses 10,000 square feet of area or less for active food scrap composting, composts only certain materials, records the amount and source of off-site type 2 organics composted and the date and time the off-site type 2 organics arrived on the farm, retains the records for 5 years, provides records on request, and meets any other condition for a permit exemption; etc.

Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption

Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Barrie Ciliberti [R]	Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. Marvin Holmes [D]
Del. Jeffrie Long [D]	Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. Todd Morgan [R]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]
Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]

2023-04-07 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-31 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-09 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-08	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521
2023-04-07	House	Passed Enrolled
2023-04-07	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2023-04-07	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2023-03-31	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2023-03-28	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-28	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {843827/1 Adopted
2023-03-27	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023-03-10	Senate	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023-03-09	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2023-03-07	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-07	House	Favorable with Amendments {273926/1 Adopted
2023-03-06	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
2023-01-26	House	Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-25	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

SB262 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-08 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520
SB229 (Carry Over) 2022-03-23 - Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Environment	9	1701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	1725	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0253?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0253f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0253t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0253e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_521_hb0253e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0253_27392601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0253_84382701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0253_ent.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0253_eee.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0253.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1186.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0808.pdf