---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of Agriculture - Weed Control Law"
description: "Secretary of Agriculture - Weed Control Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 92"
citation: "Maryland SB 92 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4110c8-fbca-4e72-a36f-6d4ed1b048d1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0092?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "acff954962ee9b58a33e18cefd2ccc0fc1bc79b99ce828b9cb551537ebe861b2"
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 92 (2020) — Secretary of Agriculture - Weed Control Law

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Secretary of Agriculture - Weed Control Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_519_sb0092t.pdf)
2. **First - Secretary of Agriculture - Weed Control Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0092f.pdf)
3. **Third - Secretary of Agriculture - Weed Control Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0092t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-02** Hearing 1/16 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-01-20** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-01-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 519 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b4110c8-fbca-4e72-a36f-6d4ed1b048d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).