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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)"
+description: "Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 972"
+citation: "Maryland HB 972 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Allen", "Anderson", "Arentz", "Arikan", "Baker", "Beauchamp", "Behler", "Bouchat", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Chisholm", "Ciliberti", "Fair", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Hartman", "Healey", "Hinebaugh", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Howard", "Hutchinson", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Kipke", "Korman", "Lewis", "M. Morgan", "Mangione", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Miller", "Nkongolo", "Odom", "Pippy", "R. Long", "Reilly", "Rose", "Schmidt", "Simpson", "Stein", "Stonko", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson", "Valentine", "Wivell", "Ziegler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5627e045-b44f-489a-a534-5953f86290bd"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0972?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "6bb1ccd73ba0589d2170723a961062e9368c1c672bdcfae3c39074a5ee0b8656"
+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 972 (2026) — Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_163_hb0972t.pdf)
+2. **First - Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment (Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0972f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0972t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adams — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Arikan — primary (person)
+- Baker — primary (person)
+- Beauchamp — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Bouchat — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Chisholm — primary (person)
+- Ciliberti — primary (person)
+- Fair — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
+- Ghrist — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Healey — primary (person)
+- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
+- Holmes — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Hutchinson — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Kipke — primary (person)
+- Korman — primary (person)
+- Lewis — primary (person)
+- M. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Mangione — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Metzgar — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Nkongolo — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Pippy — primary (person)
+- R. Long — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Simpson — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Stonko — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Tomlinson — primary (person)
+- Valentine — primary (person)
+- Wivell — primary (person)
+- Ziegler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 163 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5627e045-b44f-489a-a534-5953f86290bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+