---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices"
description: "Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 687"
citation: "Maryland HB 687 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barve", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Gilchrist", "Healey", "Holmes", "Lierman", "Stein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7a16fc-6241-415d-8b28-67d1711d5831"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0687?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "042ed23a4840be7497cc41f1542aeeb3091590a0f9157172f5ba1e47fff8a868"
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 687 (2020) — Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_304_hb0687t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0687f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0687t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **91–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barve — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-13** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-13** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Szeliga) Adopted
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 304 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac7a16fc-6241-415d-8b28-67d1711d5831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).