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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Environment - Newsprint Recycling Board - Repeal and Transfer of Authority"
+description: "Environment - Newsprint Recycling Board - Repeal and Transfer of Authority"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 844"
+citation: "Maryland SB 844 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Environment", "Committees and Commissions", "Environment", "Department of", "Environmental Matters", "Recycling", "Reports"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-05"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c367096e-15f6-4b0d-a6e4-dc125d6be12d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB844&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "528703d062c3f0636b073737789cec08a3b55f17c574eef7912fa38dbffeaa8f"
+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 844 (2018) — Environment - Newsprint Recycling Board - Repeal and Transfer of Authority
+
+## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0844f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conway — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-12** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c367096e-15f6-4b0d-a6e4-dc125d6be12d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+