---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program"
description: "Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Maryland HB 269 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wells"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-07-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7965e8-88b5-4652-a74c-9ce046cedefc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0269?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dd6d945c090b9d754858a6a9dd6d7d94b406fe88a29113e6fb0a97a2593b1d69"
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 269 (2021) — Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_319_hb0269e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0269e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0269f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0269t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **123–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/15 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf7965e8-88b5-4652-a74c-9ce046cedefc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).