The 2011 Maryland Campaign

For the past several years, Maryland has introduced, not a bill for deposit legislation, but a bill establishing a task force to study the feasibility and impacts of a deposit law in the state.
Bill Number and Name House Bill 640, Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers Bill text
Sponsors Delegates Olszewski, Arora, Frick, Hammen, Kaiser, Luedtke, and Reznik

Details

This bill establishes the Task Force to Study Required Deposits on Returnable Beverage Containers in the State; providing for the membership of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study specified issues relevant to requiring deposits on returnable beverage containers in the State; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2011; providing for the staff of the Task Force; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.

Progress

February 9, 2011: First Reading Environmental Matters

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