---
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: "SB 116"
citation: "Maryland SB 116 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Kagan", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-05"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb48179a-c280-4e46-baef-1d6689ddea07"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0116?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "51d843eb795706baae611bffa000049fbe7ab312e31eae9f19f09aff9cc3f6da"
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 116 (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_290_sb0116t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0116f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of the Environment - Office of Recycling - Recycling Market Development** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0116t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-05** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** 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 290 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb48179a-c280-4e46-baef-1d6689ddea07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).