---
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).