---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture – Nuisance Insects"
description: "Agriculture – Nuisance Insects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 929"
citation: "Maryland HB 929 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b7732e1-569a-48ab-9379-ce0f98003a00"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0929?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6d9105ca2f67e33f55813eb765e72fcd13fe546e2df8a6bcd23414e20b9f770"
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 929 (2024) — Agriculture – Nuisance Insects

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture – Nuisance Insects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_680_hb0929t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture – Nuisance Insects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0929f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture – Nuisance Insects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0929t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b7732e1-569a-48ab-9379-ce0f98003a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).