---
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: "SB 723"
citation: "Maryland SB 723 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72b5735c-0620-42e3-b2c6-a4bb6e4e4c1f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0723?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7117f858d47e6985fc96c18551bf69796b2ff31ee11cf2c27eb28d4dc91944e5"
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 723 (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_725_sb0723t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0723f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0723t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **102–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** 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 725 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72b5735c-0620-42e3-b2c6-a4bb6e4e4c1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).