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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal"
+description: "State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 860"
+citation: "Maryland HB 860 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gilchrist"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-29"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/525420ed-e640-41f1-bb2e-4867cadfdae9"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0860?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "1f9100cd6460fd8fe8a1000efba7569509a341a7bb701c711710c2bc9121e172"
+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 860 (2021) — State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_284_hb0860t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0860f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0860t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **128–8** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gilchrist — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/525420ed-e640-41f1-bb2e-4867cadfdae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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