---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment"
description: "Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 991"
citation: "Maryland HB 991 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bouchat", "Boyce", "Lehman", "Love", "Miller", "Rose", "Ruth", "Terrasa", "Tomlinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4130b19a-423e-4484-9470-6853688ac5e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0991?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "99ff638fe6813dd305d8d7a4088d4936cca94baee90d89c0904300b23dfcae13"
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 991 (2024) — Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_531_hb0991e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0991e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment - Industrial Sludge Utilization Permit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0991f.pdf)
4. **Third - Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0991t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **111–26** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **117–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bouchat — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4130b19a-423e-4484-9470-6853688ac5e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).