---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of Agriculture - Regulation of Poultry to Protect Animal Health and Control Avian Influenza"
description: "Secretary of Agriculture - Regulation of Poultry to Protect Animal Health and Control Avian Influenza"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Maryland SB 56 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Agriculture", "Birds", "Commerce and Business", "Diseases", "Health", "Industry and Technology", "Licenses", "Meat", "Poultry", "Seafood", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-10-15"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66142d6a-b765-4ca3-8ecc-05a41c020b39"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB56&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "4d94e1de3fa1afb2bbba1653d337ebc038af1410ed1304a16e5c49b672e201da"
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 56 (2019) — Secretary of Agriculture - Regulation of Poultry to Protect Animal Health and Control Avian Influenza

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0056f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Education — cosponsor (person)
- Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture) — cosponsor (person)
- Health — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Hearing 1/22 at 4:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Favorable with Amendments {214334/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-14** Third Reading Passed (43-1) `passage`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {530713/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-1) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (42-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66142d6a-b765-4ca3-8ecc-05a41c020b39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).