SB 342

Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a beverage container stewardship organization; etc.

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Testimony (114)

MGA witness list

FAV 87FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 18UnfavorableINFO 4Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bodine, Patricia	Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sherard, Trey	Anacostia Riverkeeper	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Christopher	Anacostia Watershed Society	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Swanson, Taylor	Assateague Coastal Trust	Written (PDF)
FAV	Snyder, Abigaillobbyist	Baltimore Jewish Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Volpitta, Alice	Blue Water Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carrington, Darrell	Carrington & Associates, LLC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Stegman, Matt	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard	Citizen Activist	Written (PDF)
FAV	Myers, Carrie	City of Brunswick	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sewell, George	City of Frederick	Written (PDF)
FAV	Demiray, Sonia	Climate Communications Coalition	Position only
FAV	McGilvray, Laurie	Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkinson, nanci	Climate Mobilization Montgomery County	Position only
FAV	Collins, Susan	Container Recycling Institute	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hession, Melody	Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA	Position only
FAV	Hardy, Katherine	Democratic Women's Club of Worcester County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stewart, Frances	Elders Climate Action Maryland	Position only
FAV	Miller, Elizabeth	Green Towson Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland	Healthy Climate Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Organization, HoCo Climate Action	HoCo Climate Action	Position only
FAV	Konny, Crystal	Indivisible Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blair, Peterlobbyist	Just Zero	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Coyle, Jessica	Laurel for the Patuxent	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoglund, Hollis	Laurel for the Patuxent	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hunter, Caseylobbyist	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Webster, Phil	Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	Less Plastic Please	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	Liz Feighner, self	Position only
FAV	Zelaya, Michellelobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Simon, Robert	Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tucker, Walter	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brice, Tyler	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Position only
FAV	Schwarz, Kurt	Maryland Ornithological Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ainsworth, Martha	Maryland Sierra Club	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Benjamin	Maryland State Senate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stewart, Kate	Montgomery County Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	Montgomery County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fidler, Elisabeth	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ostdahl, Maggielobbyist	National Aquarium	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Mansour, Erinn Camp	Patapsco Friends Meeting	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cooney, Bente	Plastic Free QAC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boies, Sharon	Protect Our Streams	Written (PDF)
FAV	iliff, jesse	Severn River Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Valdivia, Kathleen	St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gove, Matt	Surfrider Foundation Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gordon, Miriam	The Story of Stuff Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Reilly, Joan	Third Act	Position only
FAV	Detchon, Reid	Third Act Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burgess, Jerry	Town of Brentwood	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Richards, Giselle	Town of Cheverly	Written (PDF)
FAV	Doordan, Kellylobbyist	Trash Free Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Rogers, Jimmy	Vibrant Gardening LLC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lindquist, Adam	Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Parham, Martinna	Waterkeepers Chesapeake	Written (PDF)
FAV	Broadman, Dorie	Wild Ones Nation's Capital Region Chapter	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterFAV 1

American Beverage AssociationUNF 1

Anacostia RiverkeeperFAV 1

Anacostia Watershed SocietyFAV 1

Assateague Coastal TrustFAV 1

Baltimore Jewish CouncilFAV 1

Blue Water BaltimoreFAV 1

Carrington & Associates, LLCFAV 1

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Citizen ActivistFAV 1

City of BrunswickFAV 1

City of FrederickFAV 1

Climate Communications CoalitionFAV 1

Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Climate Mobilization Montgomery CountyFAV 1

ConstelliumFWA 1

Container Recycling InstituteFAV 1

Cornerstone Government AffairsUNF 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCAFAV 1

Democratic Women's Club of Worcester CountyFAV 1

Elders Climate Action MarylandFAV 1

Glass Packaging InstituteFWA 1

Green Towson AllianceFAV 1

Healthy Climate MarylandFAV 1

HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1

Indivisible Howard CountyFAV 1

Just ZeroFAV 1

Laurel for the PatuxentFAV 2

League of Women Voters of MarylandFAV 1

Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of AnnapolisFAV 1

Less Plastic PleaseFAV 1

Liz Feighner, selfFAV 1

M-NCPPC - Senior Government AnalystINFO 1

Manis Canning & AssociatesUNF 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)UNF 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Catholics for Our Common HomeFAV 1

Maryland Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Maryland Environmental ServiceINFO 1

Maryland Episcopal Public Policy NetworkFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

Maryland Ornithological SocietyFAV 1

Maryland Recycling NetworkUNF 2

Maryland Retailers AllianceUNF 1

Maryland Sierra ClubFAV 1

Maryland State SenateFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MDEINFO 1

Montgomery County CouncilFAV 1

Montgomery County GovernmentFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

MSLBAUNF 1

National AquariumFAV 1

Patapsco Friends MeetingFAV 1

Plastic Free QACFAV 1

Primo Brands Corp.FWA 1

Protect Our StreamsFAV 1

Restaurant Association of MarylandUNF 1

RWLUNF 1

Severn River AssociationFAV 1

St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic ChurchFAV 1

Surfrider Foundation MarylandFAV 1

The Story of Stuff ProjectFAV 1

The Vineyards at Dodon LLCUNF 1

Third ActFAV 1

Third Act MarylandFAV 1

Town of BrentwoodFAV 1

Town of CheverlyFAV 1

Trash Free MarylandFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

Vibrant Gardening LLCFAV 1

Waterfront Partnership of BaltimoreFAV 1

Waterkeepers ChesapeakeFAV 1

Wild Ones Nation's Capital Region ChapterFAV 1

WMUNF 1

WMDA/CARUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSnyder, AbigailBaltimore Jewish CouncilRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council

FAVBlair, PeterJust ZeroRegistered for: Just Zero

FAVHunter, CaseyLeague of Women Voters of MarylandRegistered for: League of Women Voters of Maryland

FAVZelaya, MichelleMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits

FAVOstdahl, MaggieNational AquariumRegistered for: National Aquarium

FAVDoordan, KellyTrash Free MarylandRegistered for: Trash Free Maryland

FAVDeLong, AshtonRegistered for: MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society; Maryland Neurosurgical Society, Inc.

UNFHarvey, TiffanyCornerstone Government AffairsRegistered for: Allied Universal; Baltimore Orioles; CPower; Capital One; Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Comcast Cable Communications LLC…

UNFAllen, HannahMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce

UNFPrice, SarahMaryland Retailers AllianceRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association

UNFRifkin, BradRWLRegistered for: 1/ST Racing MD LLC; ASC Engineered Solutions; Baltimore Banner, The; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brewers Association of Maryland…

UNFThompson, MelvinRestaurant Association of MarylandRegistered for: Restaurant Association of Maryland

FWABellamy, LorenzoRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland; Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding; American Forest & Paper Association; Americans for Patient Access; Avaya, Inc.; Bellamy Genn Group, LLC…