Maryland 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee 18 D cosponsors

HB 538 — Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition

Last action — Hearing 2/21 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 2018 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)

  2. First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 35 co-sponsors · 152 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Lierman

Co-sponsors (35)

Not signed on (152)

152 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 538?
HB 538 is sponsored by Delegate Eric Ebersole (Democrat), Gaines, Gutierrez, Senator Antonio Hayes (Democrat), Senator Shelly Hettleman (Democrat), Hixson, Luedtke, McIntosh, Delegate David Moon (Democrat), Morhaim, Mosby, Platt, Delegate Pam Queen (Democrat), Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg (Democrat), Barkley, Senator Benjamin Brooks (Democrat), Kelly, Delegate Bonnie Cullison (Democrat), Delegate Diana M. Fennell (Democrat), Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo (Democrat), Frush, Delegate Marc Korman (Democrat), Lafferty, Lierman, Proctor, Robinson, M. Washington, Sanchez, Delegate Dana Stein (Democrat), Tarlau, Senator Jeff Waldstreicher (Democrat), Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democrat), Delegate Robbyn Lewis (Democrat), Delegate Ben Barnes (Democrat), and Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 538?
This bill died with 2018 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 538?
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