---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Food System Resiliency Council"
description: "Maryland Food System Resiliency Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 831"
citation: "Maryland HB 831 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/580093f2-625a-4695-b24a-3bd99caebfd1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0831?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c75fff9727b8c4d0b68b120e902766e8c7d8d01e41db3339c4ca61c523b0be41"
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 831 (2021) — Maryland Food System Resiliency Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_724_hb0831t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0831f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0831t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **98–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 724 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/580093f2-625a-4695-b24a-3bd99caebfd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).