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---
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: "SB 840"
citation: "Maryland SB 840 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8918120b-aa7e-4119-942f-6b1034dffbb6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0840?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b062e43a767050596b4fd60a8600441f145735f54a9932e15ae2ccc1053a49d3"
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 840 (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_472_sb0840t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0840f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0840t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1310** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hershey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 472 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8918120b-aa7e-4119-942f-6b1034dffbb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).