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type: "Bill"
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title: "Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere"
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description: "Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 716"
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citation: "Maryland SB 716 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Hershey", "Lam"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-02-03"
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last_action: "2021-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e313a57-544c-4ca6-ab9d-d51d6cba0a38"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0716?ys=2021RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "c19cb1edf7337e9dff61503ce70e9591028e9ccc04b932ade457ba95c7c750ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 716 (2021) — Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_611_sb0716t.pdf)
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2. **First - Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0716f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0716t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **100–33** (pass) · lower
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- the floor by Senator Jennings /583828/1 — **20–25** (fail) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Carozza — primary (person)
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- Hershey — primary (person)
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- Lam — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Motion Laid Over (Senator Carter) Adopted
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- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Floor Amendment {
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- **2021-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/1 (Senator Zucker) Adopted
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- **2021-04-01** Floor Amendment {
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- **2021-04-01** Floor Amendment {
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- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-02** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
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- **2021-04-06** Hearing 4/07 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
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- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 611 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e313a57-544c-4ca6-ab9d-d51d6cba0a38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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