---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance"
description: "Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 540"
citation: "Maryland HB 540 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Jones", "Chang", "Henson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda3a887-8725-44f2-acaa-b77fdeffdd41"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0540?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e34a6a90065f857dae0905f9536de456a00c5c429d2989205a4606c5b56a4032"
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 540 (2022) — Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_172_hb0540t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0540f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0540t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Jones — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fda3a887-8725-44f2-acaa-b77fdeffdd41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).