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+type: "Bill"
+title: "On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established"
+description: "On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 429"
+citation: "Maryland HB 429 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Healey", "Hill", "Holmes", "Jacobs", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Lewis", "Odom", "Patterson", "Ruth", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Woods", "Woorman", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb9cb76-3f2a-4ff5-bd40-dbd185cbcfa8"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0429?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d6ae48438b209e1302c30b0640e05ac2a662ce9c6909c1f315ac427b93c3a13d"
+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 429 (2026) — On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_250_hb0429t.pdf)
+2. **First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0429f.pdf)
+3. **Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0429t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **126–7** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Charkoudian — primary (person)
+- Embry — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Feldmark — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Corderman) Adopted
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb9cb76-3f2a-4ff5-bd40-dbd185cbcfa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+