---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye"
description: "State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Maryland SB 497 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Feldman", "Hershey", "Hester", "Kagan", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/062bca30-09ae-4cbb-b142-5e0395cafc56"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0497?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "016ed5692c2f77da09939cbd43534c67d2197eff70a05fe33dbab259b8bdef71"
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 497 (2023) — State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_308_sb0497t.pdf)
2. **First - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0497f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0497t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hershey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-17** Hearing 3/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/062bca30-09ae-4cbb-b142-5e0395cafc56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).