---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunger-Free Schools Act of 2017"
description: "Hunger-Free Schools Act of 2017"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Maryland HB 287 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Counties", "Education", "Boards of", "Food", "Grants", "Public Schools", "Reports", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f10dc99-2e60-4bec-9a77-5dbde9ad7056"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB287&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "d857065c991bd3509550a89420270f3ab4e525b442a1b17da8ff2fdce107c1be"
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 287 (2017) — Hunger-Free Schools 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/hb0287f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **127–10** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hixson — primary (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Branch — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (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 with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Favorable with Amendments {635469/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-21** Third Reading Passed (127-10) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2017-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f10dc99-2e60-4bec-9a77-5dbde9ad7056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).