---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Food System Resiliency Council"
description: "Maryland Food System Resiliency Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Maryland SB 124 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Feldman", "Hester", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c8a3c04-fc55-48cb-9b85-d0d0bf5c28ac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0124?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3fdfaa229da609d61c48b7b7f123d26ace77b07e3b6d524fcf360bf43a3e854e"
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 124 (2023) — Maryland Food System Resiliency Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_574_sb0124e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0124e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0124f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Food System Resiliency Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0124t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c8a3c04-fc55-48cb-9b85-d0d0bf5c28ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).