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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Definition of Child"
+description: "Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Definition of Child"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 1140"
+citation: "Maryland SB 1140 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Conservation", "Easements", "Family Law", "Real Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-16"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f6a0b5-1efa-4219-8836-729ce7431a1a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1140&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "b642fbb456fda99a5fc834c3fed716d8affb47dead39e2bd31ee0a504e63259c"
+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 1140 (2018) — Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation – Definition of Child
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1140f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Middleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-16** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-23** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
+- **2018-02-26** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {344739/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-22** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9f6a0b5-1efa-4219-8836-729ce7431a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+