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IntroducedJan 19, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Last Action See all actions
House • Feb 03, 2026: Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 331
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Boafocosponsor
- Charkoudiancosponsor
- Ebersolecosponsor
- Edelsoncosponsor
- Embrycosponsor
- Faircosponsor
- Feldmarkcosponsor
- Foleycosponsor
- Forbescosponsor
- Guzzonecosponsor
- Healeycosponsor
- Hillcosponsor
- A. Johnsoncosponsor
- Kaufmancosponsor
- Lewiscosponsor
- Martinezcosponsor
- Morenocosponsor
- Palakovich Carrcosponsor
- Ruthcosponsor
- Shettycosponsor
- Simmonscosponsor
- Solomoncosponsor
- Stewartcosponsor
- Taverascosponsor
- Watsoncosponsor
- White Hollandcosponsor
- Williamscosponsor
- Wimscosponsor
- Wucosponsor
- Zieglercosponsor
Votes
Actions
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters)
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- Jan 19, 2026 | House
- First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Snyder, Abigail (Baltimore Jewish Council)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Baucum Colbert, Jordan (M-NCPPC - Senior Government Analyst)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Harris, Sydney
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Finch, Molly
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Rives, Kelli (Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Bruce
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hoffman, Kirsten (Maryland Native Plant Coalition)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Valdivia, Kathleen (St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Broadman, Dorie (Wild Ones Nation's Capital Region Chapter)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Sewell, George (City of Frederick)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Rogers, Jimmy (Vibrant Gardening LLC)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Smaha, Michael (Can Manufacturers Institute)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Jung, Deb (Howard County Council)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Richards, Giselle (Town of Cheverly)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Schwarz, Kurt (Maryland Ornithological Society)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Durholz, Marlene
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Walsh, Liz (Howard County Council - District 1)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Simon, Robert (Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Jana
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- O'Halloran, Mike
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Volpitta, Alice (Blue Water Baltimore)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Blair, Peter (Just Zero)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Konny, Crystal (Indivisible Howard County)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ainsworth, Martha (Maryland Sierra Club)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Myers, Carrie (City of Brunswick)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Gallaher, Margaret
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Wray, Brendan
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Jackman, Patricia
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gove, Matt (Surfrider Foundation Maryland)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ostdahl, Maggie (National Aquarium)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hoglund, Hollis (Laurel for the Patuxent)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Jeffrey
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Williams, Christopher (Anacostia Watershed Society)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Turnbull, Lindsey (Montgomery County Commission for Women)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Swanson, Taylor (Assateague Coastal Trust)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Williams, Kaitlin
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Ruhl, Janet
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Tucker, Walter (Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Walmsley Jr., William
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Parham, Martinna (Waterkeepers Chesapeake)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Gordon, Miriam (The Story of Stuff Project)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Schweisguth, Melissa
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Benitez, Mayor Celina (City of Mount Rainier)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Tosi, Jeff (Maryland Environmental Service)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Crump, Patrick (MEPPN)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hunter, Casey (League of Women Voters of Maryland)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Crawford, Brian (Beer Institute)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Rubenstein, Jan
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Feighner, Liz (Less Plastic Please)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Doordan, Kelly (Trash Free Maryland)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Harvey, Tiffany (Cornerstone Government Affairs)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Daum, Megan (American Beverage Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Cooney, Bente (Plastic Free QAC)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hardy, Katherine (Democratic Women's Club of Worcester County)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Webster, Phil (Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Wiggins, Grason (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Boies, Sharon (Protect Our Streams)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- McCauley, Kirk (WMDA/CAR)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Blood, Allison (Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- MANIS, NICK (Manis Canning & Associates)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Milani, Jack (Md State Licensed Beverage Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- DeLong, Ashton
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Vetter, Drew
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bawer, Kenneth
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Kate (Montgomery County Council)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Weiss, Ron
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Heiderman, Garvey (Hobbit Restaurant)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Elrich, Marc (Montgomery County Government)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Awimbo, Anna (Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Thompson, Melvin (Restaurant Association of Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, UNF -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Gousha, Debbie
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Baker, Jeremy D (Maryland Department of the Environment)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Miller, Chaz (Maryland Recycling Network)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland (Healthy Climate Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Turner, Rebecca
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Mansour, Erinn Camp (Patapsco Friends Meeting)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Sherard, Trey (Anacostia Riverkeeper)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Terrasa, Jen (Delegate, MD General Assembly)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Awasthi, Raj (BetterPlanet4Kids)
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ramos, Odette
- ENT In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- DeFife, Scott (Glass Packaging Institute)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- ROBINSON, BERNIE
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Detchon, Reid (Third Act Maryland)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Howard, Curt (MD-IWLA)
- ENT Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Ryznar, Elizabeth
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Taylor, Tom
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- McDonagh, Meredith
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- James, Neely (Mother's Cantina)
- ENT Testimony, INFO -- Noel, Mike
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Bellamy, Lorenzo (Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Burgess, Jerry
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Henger, Jerome (The Aluminum Association)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Hernandez, Awilda (City of Bowie)
- ENT Testimony, FWA -- Kole, James (Mayor and City Council of Laurel)
- ENT Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
