---
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: "SB 673"
citation: "Maryland SB 673 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis", "Gallion", "Hester", "Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fefac119-c35a-482e-bf19-6eae38102e9b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0673?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "291b2447a149259d727fb21f73672d2c3ec99914e48caab0b9d32f427b3f2156"
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 673 (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_320_sb0673e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0673e.pdf)
3. **First - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0673f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0673t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 320 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fefac119-c35a-482e-bf19-6eae38102e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).