---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use - Agritourism - Definition"
description: "Land Use - Agritourism - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Maryland SB 296 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza", "Gallion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc5f38c-00c8-4e38-8a0e-c8f255c667be"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0296?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "698296c3305c2d2016b0b659527af86a3a17df59890433278de6b8f7779237ca"
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 296 (2022) — Land Use - Agritourism - Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Land Use - Agritourism - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_431_sb0296t.pdf)
2. **First - Land Use - Agritourism - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0296f.pdf)
3. **Third - Land Use - Agritourism - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0296t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adc5f38c-00c8-4e38-8a0e-c8f255c667be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).