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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: "HB 253"
citation: "Maryland HB 253 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciliberti", "Foley", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Love", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b62520-cae5-41d6-bab3-6f176f63f628"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0253?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d93495b7e43119e2ab478e8aae3992d783e05c768bf3ac1cd494f94836224a78"
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 253 (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_521_hb0253e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0253e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0253f.pdf)
4. **Third - Environment - On-Farm Composting Facilities - Permit Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0253t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3b62520-cae5-41d6-bab3-6f176f63f628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).