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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland Senate Bill 926 expands packaging recycling exemptions for FDA-regulated drugs and medical products
Last action · February 10, 2026: Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.Sponsor: Kevin Harris
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate Bill 926 alters the definition of "" under laws to include packaging for dietary supplements regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, effective June 1, 2026.
Changes compliance requirements for manufacturers of dietary supplement packaging by excluding them from mandates starting June 1, 2026.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
manufacturers of packaging for dietary supplements
Packaging for dietary supplements is newly included under exempt materials for extended producer responsibility laws.
Key Facts
- Alters the definition of "exempt material" under the Environment Article, Section 9-2501(l)(4) of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
- Adds dietary supplements regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the materials exempt from extended producer responsibility provisions for packaging and paper products.
- The Act takes effect on June 1, 2026.
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Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 10, 2026SenateHearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
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0–100- Significance35How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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