---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools – Student Meal Programs and Policies"
description: "Public Schools – Student Meal Programs and Policies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 760"
citation: "Maryland SB 760 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b616635-7fe3-4d3d-822e-1d9eb67ca8c1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0760?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7e5cb701bd3c2b366cfcd03db066d7b0dae82e44ddf4c40e6e141a014975f151"
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 760 (2020) — Public Schools – Student Meal Programs and Policies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools – Student Meal Programs and Policies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_581_sb0760e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Schools – Student Meal Programs and Policies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0760e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Schools - Student Meal Programs and Meal Charge Policies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0760f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Schools - Student Meal Programs and Meal Charge Policies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0760t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2020-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2020-03-04** Favorable as Amended Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Washington) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 581 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b616635-7fe3-4d3d-822e-1d9eb67ca8c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).