---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development"
description: "Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Maryland HB 164 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lierman", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-10-05"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f692c6c-3fa3-4e42-a4f0-fb25f77d94f4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0164?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9eb557bb93bdc90f194cc2d7933a9ef55e8c13e83728e34816633cc8d3fec3bd"
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 HB 164 (2021) — Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_289_hb0164t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0164f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0164t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 164 HB 208 HB 280 HB 637 HB 990 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lierman — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/15 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-12** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f692c6c-3fa3-4e42-a4f0-fb25f77d94f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).