---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health – Cottage Food Products – Definition"
description: "Public Health – Cottage Food Products – Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1106"
citation: "Maryland HB 1106 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health", "Commerce and Business", "Consumer Protection", "Food", "Health", "Postal Service", "Safety", "Small Business"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krebs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e6594bb-bda2-4812-8db5-4faf6f289d14"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1106&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6486e4424bf7108aa0e4a24d7419e9b2235641fcde2fbc136dc07750d279cb7e"
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 1106 (2018) — Public Health – Cottage Food Products – Definition

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1106f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krebs — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Kittleman — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McConkey — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Parrott — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {546082/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e6594bb-bda2-4812-8db5-4faf6f289d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).