Maryland House Bill 331

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-03 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a beverage container stewardship organization; etc.

Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program

Del. Jen Terrasa [D]	Del. Mary Lehman [D]	Del. Dylan Behler [D]	Del. Adrian Boafo [D]
Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Mark Edelson [D]	Del. Elizabeth Embry [D]
Del. Kris Fair [D]	Del. Jessica Feldmark [D]	Del. Linda Foley [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]
Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Anne Healey [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]	Del. Andre Johnson [D]
Del. Aaron Kaufman [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Gabriel Moreno [D]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Sheila Ruth [D]	Del. Emily Shetty [D]	Del. Gary Simmons [D]
Del. Jared Solomon [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]	Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Courtney Watson [D]
Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Nicole Williams [D]	Del. Greg Wims [D]	Del. Chao Wu [D]
Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	House	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
2026-02-03	House	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
2026-01-22	House	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
2026-01-19	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters

HB232 (Carry Over) 2025-01-29 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
SB342 (Crossfiled) 2026-01-23 - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0331?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0331f.pdf