---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Agriculture - State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture"
description: "Department of Agriculture - State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "Maryland HB 389 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Bagnall", "Baker", "Boyce", "Ciliberti", "Crosby", "D. Jones", "Foley", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Hartman", "Healey", "Holmes", "Jacobs", "Lehman", "Love", "M. Morgan", "Nawrocki", "Otto", "Rose", "Ruth", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fdc57c4-3adc-406f-b635-924c2141e0c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0389?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d66152baba2c57af0eff4d4b5317a35fb94e2608f562a4b7df6d3650a11fe2d"
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 389 (2023) — Department of Agriculture - State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Agriculture - State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_435_hb0389t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Agriculture - State Ombudsman for Value-Added Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0389f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Agriculture - State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0389t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Baker — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fdc57c4-3adc-406f-b635-924c2141e0c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).