---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund - Establishment"
description: "Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 855"
citation: "Maryland HB 855 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbfc8ea5-7866-42c1-8889-bfc5b4d18491"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0855?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a813e45ed1ecc679c184fcf87b745fc0a6a7214b3d1d4bbaab39fa60fe4861ea"
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 855 (2022) — Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_393_hb0855e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0855e.pdf)
3. **First - Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0855f.pdf)
4. **Third - Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Water and Power Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0855t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **123–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/25 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2022-02-15** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-15** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 393 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbfc8ea5-7866-42c1-8889-bfc5b4d18491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).