---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Recycling Act - Recyclable Materials and Resource Recovery Facilities - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Recycling Act - Recyclable Materials and Resource Recovery Facilities - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "Maryland HB 280 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-08-28"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e915e43-acf5-4d09-9947-9aa4a60fe2f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0280?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "924011b3cd44c84a53949156acf17ff529b54ab5362a834ef00b4b99a6904259"
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 280 (2021) — Maryland Recycling Act - Recyclable Materials and Resource Recovery Facilities - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Recycling Act - Recyclable Materials and Resource Recovery Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_631_hb0280t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Recycling Act - Recyclable Materials and Resource Recovery Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0280f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Recycling Act - Recyclable Materials and Resource Recovery Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0280t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **99–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2021-03-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 631 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e915e43-acf5-4d09-9947-9aa4a60fe2f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).