---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Establishment"
description: "Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "Maryland HB 63 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Charkoudian", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-01"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96462c7d-7671-4cd0-9200-4fc3d26bdab9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0063?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "28839eedb3c7b3f6e24ae863b7e59100f3025c894dbb0d32b5b4a07fa76fd7a2"
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 63 (2023) — Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_576_hb0063e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0063e.pdf)
3. **First - Certified Local Farm and Chesapeake Invasive Species Provider Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0063f.pdf)
4. **Third - Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0063t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `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`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 576 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96462c7d-7671-4cd0-9200-4fc3d26bdab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).