MD SB134 | 2025 | Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill 134 (Prior Session Legislation)

Note: Carry Foward to future SB599

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-01-23 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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 jobs creation, producers, and food waste reduction; etc.

Title

Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-23	Senate	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
2025-01-08	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation
2024-11-01	Senate	Pre-filed

Same As/Similar To

SB134 (Carry Over) 2025-01-23 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
HB42 (Crossfiled) 2025-03-17 - Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation

Subjects

Administrative Agencies
Agriculture
Agriculture, Department of
Annotated Code of Maryland
Civil Rights and Social Equity
Classifications and Designations
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

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Agriculture	2	109	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Agriculture	2	2001	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Agriculture	2	401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	1	701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	1725.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	1725.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	1725.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	1725.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Environment	9	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	6	226	(n/a)	See Bill Text