---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste"
description: "Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Maryland SB 124 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-11-01"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21b47f32-c5df-4706-bd34-648e52b97516"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0124?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e7c776b76550edbc29aaa6f1652c57f2d3cea12c7135fe08091caa302380af8d"
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 124 (2022) — Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_205_sb0124e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0124e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0124f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0124t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **127–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21b47f32-c5df-4706-bd34-648e52b97516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).