MD HB42 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-08 - Hearing 1/29 at 2:30 p.m.
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Hearing: Jan 29 @ 2:30 pm House Environment and Transportation Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-08 - Hearing 1/29 at 2:30 p.m.
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Hearing: Jan 29 @ 2:30 pm House Environment and Transportation Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Establishing the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling and compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge on the final disposal of solid waste in the State; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly yearly beginning December 31, 2027, on the grants awarded, and the impact on job creation, producers, and food waste prevention; etc.
Title
Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-08 | House | Hearing 1/29 at 2:30 p.m. |
| 2025-01-08 | House | First Reading Environment and Transportation |
| 2024-11-01 | House | Pre-filed |
Same As/Similar To
SB134 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-08 - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation
Subjects
Administrative Agencies
Agriculture
Agriculture, Department of
Annotated Code of Maryland
Civil Rights and Social Equity
classid
Comptroller
Consumer Price Index
Counties
Data
Education
Education, Boards of
Environment
Environment, Department of the
Environmental Justice
Farmers and Farming
Farmland
Federal Government
Fees
Food
Grants
Higher Education
Investments
Job Training
Language
Low-Income
Minorities
Nonprofit Organizations
Oaths
permits
Records
Refuse Disposal
Residency
Revenue and Taxes
Rules and Regulations
Salaries and Compensation
Soil Conservation
Standards and Best Practices
State Aid
studies
Treasurers
Work, Labor, and Employment
Agriculture
Agriculture, Department of
Annotated Code of Maryland
Civil Rights and Social Equity
classid
Comptroller
Consumer Price Index
Counties
Data
Education
Education, Boards of
Environment
Environment, Department of the
Environmental Justice
Farmers and Farming
Farmland
Federal Government
Fees
Food
Grants
Higher Education
Investments
Job Training
Language
Low-Income
Minorities
Nonprofit Organizations
Oaths
permits
Records
Refuse Disposal
Residency
Revenue and Taxes
Rules and Regulations
Salaries and Compensation
Soil Conservation
Standards and Best Practices
State Aid
studies
Treasurers
Work, Labor, and Employment
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0042?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0042f.pdf |
