---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Administration (Maryland Meals for Achievement for Teens Act of 2017)"
description: "Education - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Administration (Maryland Meals for Achievement for Teens Act of 2017)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Maryland HB 257 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Food", "Minors", "Public Schools", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06af36a-1b6a-4c59-9d4b-67b3c36d54a6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB257&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0341a9133efd712464974340474bbe37f39875c0a49f3a8f795cdf70c0f5db25"
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 257 (2017) — Education - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Administration (Maryland Meals for Achievement for Teens Act of 2017)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0257f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hixson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-16** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-21** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 325 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e06af36a-1b6a-4c59-9d4b-67b3c36d54a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).