---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment"
description: "Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 121"
citation: "Maryland SB 121 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Jackson", "King", "Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-29"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f425035c-b7f9-4694-baa4-92023eb334c5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0121?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b9d7d1b1199ad0e164e0d8fd364cb1d2c2fe3514d325f31ddb73ff732d4a2434"
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 121 (2022) — Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_480_sb0121e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0121e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0121f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0121t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–4** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f425035c-b7f9-4694-baa4-92023eb334c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).