---
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: "SB 437"
citation: "Maryland SB 437 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f360492-93e2-4d57-ac3b-55dc000909da"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0437?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "13d8647b4a4dbaffcfb001ca28147ebf5b0f5a1264ed05f41ac8c2ce1bf5500f"
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 437 (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_173_sb0437t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0437f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture - University of Maryland Extension - Urban Farmer Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0437t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **126–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f360492-93e2-4d57-ac3b-55dc000909da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).