---
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: "SB 34"
citation: "Maryland SB 34 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallion", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-20"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ee14ef9-9f62-4eb6-b5e1-d5ed06a0399b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0034?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7d34682f473d28d47a6f18ad431eb93cad7f4a9e3434578828409ecd66ca9920"
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 34 (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_436_sb0034t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Agriculture - State Ombudsman for Value-Added Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0034f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Agriculture - State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0034t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-20** 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.
- **2023-02-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ee14ef9-9f62-4eb6-b5e1-d5ed06a0399b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).