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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption"
description: "Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Maryland SB 262 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Gallion", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22309911-9169-4c03-be69-100b34c5d2e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0262?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "02de0a45c14646a96d340c1c7b3278b78f80eead914027ea9c5862ad51f70c0a"
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 262 (2023) — Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_520_sb0262t.pdf)
2. **First - Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0262f.pdf)
3. **Third - Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0262t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22309911-9169-4c03-be69-100b34c5d2e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).