---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal"
description: "State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "Maryland SB 692 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e810f5-49d9-4b31-a37a-74e65d1e8a4d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0692?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4f1f1370e02058d9fb61f05419c734f5b57fdfea6d23589f831fa57e5bd9e976"
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 692 (2021) — State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_285_sb0692e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0692e.pdf)
3. **First - State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0692f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Planning – Preservation of Agricultural Land – Goal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0692t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Young — 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`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Motion Special Order until 04/06 (Delegate Barve) Adopted
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e810f5-49d9-4b31-a37a-74e65d1e8a4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).