---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans"
description: "Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 901"
citation: "Maryland SB 901 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Hester", "Kagan", "Love", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28f07b9d-1436-4420-b236-ca65486f0d62"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0901?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a7fdb487666eb3770f93b3e400a388203c1670ff6afcb02289376d215f8b1365"
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 901 (2025) — Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_431_sb0901e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0901e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0901f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0901t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **100–36** (pass) · lower
- Question is on the adoption of the committee amendments (7) /233827/1 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **33–11** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Grammer /213325/1 — **37–100** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator West) Rejected
- **2025-03-17** Committee Amendment {
- **2025-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2025-03-20** Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation)
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28f07b9d-1436-4420-b236-ca65486f0d62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).