Maryland 2017 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 6 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 229 — Environment - Polystyrene Food Service Products and Polystyrene Loose Fill Packaging - Prohibition on Sale

Last action — Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)

  2. First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 16 co-sponsors · 171 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Lierman

Co-sponsors (16)

Not signed on (171)

171 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 229?
HB 229 is sponsored by Frush, Gilchrist, Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), McIntosh, Morhaim, Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Barkley, Robinson, M. Washington, Delegate Diana M. Fennell (Democrat), Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo (Democrat), Lafferty, Lierman, Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat), Tarlau, Senator Chris West (Republican), and Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 229?
This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 229?
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