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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue"
+description: "Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 535"
+citation: "Maryland HB 535 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs", "Reilly", "T. Morgan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc374c2-d542-46cb-b50c-05de7b65c7a9"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0535?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "301c835a9343acb1042584ae9d43f6d3e21d388b6858fd39687d20e28386dc69"
+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 535 (2026) — Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_320_hb0535t.pdf)
+2. **First - Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0535f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0535t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-17** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-17** Hearing 2/17 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 320 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc374c2-d542-46cb-b50c-05de7b65c7a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+