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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of the Environment - Yard Waste, Food Residuals, and Other Organic Materials Diversion and Infrastructure - Study"
+description: "Department of the Environment - Yard Waste, Food Residuals, and Other Organic Materials Diversion and Infrastructure - Study"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 99"
+citation: "Maryland SB 99 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Environment", "Environment", "Department of", "Environmental Matters", "Food", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Refuse Disposal", "Reports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-12"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318518d3-80fa-4209-b63c-9d0729728c08"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB99&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "508e2ca316d5ce3c424965329dc623ef222d0e5b63d9584787b5b26853df4185"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 99 (2017) — Department of the Environment - Yard Waste, Food Residuals, and Other Organic Materials Diversion and Infrastructure - Study
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0099f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-13** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-28** Favorable with Amendments {334436/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-03-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-03** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-06** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 383 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318518d3-80fa-4209-b63c-9d0729728c08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+