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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: "SB 599"
+citation: "Maryland SB 599 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["A"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Hettleman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-05"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93ec03d7-a136-4009-b88b-134330b8bd2e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0599?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "2d1234b0a143b7bc6ad9a34c16dad9f15735e73dd5d1b4cbf3dec04c8e36f1d5"
+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 SB 599 (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_249_sb0599t.pdf)
+2. **First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0599f.pdf)
+3. **Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0599t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **127–7** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-05** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93ec03d7-a136-4009-b88b-134330b8bd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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