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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance"
+description: "Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 540"
+citation: "Maryland HB 540 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Jones", "Chang", "Henson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-21"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda3a887-8725-44f2-acaa-b77fdeffdd41"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0540?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "e34a6a90065f857dae0905f9536de456a00c5c429d2989205a4606c5b56a4032"
+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 540 (2022) — Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_172_hb0540t.pdf)
+2. **First - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0540f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0540t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Jones — primary (person)
+- Chang — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-21** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fda3a887-8725-44f2-acaa-b77fdeffdd41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+