---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment – Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products – Definition"
description: "Environment – Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products – Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1442"
citation: "Maryland HB 1442 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderton", "Buckel", "Cox", "Ghrist", "Hornberger", "Jacobs", "Krebs", "Mautz", "McComas", "Otto", "Reilly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0765b1cd-9211-4071-bbb4-7fe50f6cf6d5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1442?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4672bcd33df05cc116a299e08bc93d43a3a790ab14830c9d334df9b59d6e44f7"
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 1442 (2020) — Environment – Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products – Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Environment – Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products – Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_471_hb1442t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment – Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products – Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1442f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment – Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products – Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1442t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderton — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Krebs — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 471 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0765b1cd-9211-4071-bbb4-7fe50f6cf6d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).