---
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: "SB 1074"
citation: "Maryland SB 1074 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Lewis Young", "Ready", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7d49995-e008-479f-93a6-266ba97a0d6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1074?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b50789a27cdaedd3613b5c89c53ad1d659cf44b9c29b8beb6256f3bc9b429ec0"
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 1074 (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_532_sb1074e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1074e.pdf)
3. **First - Environment - Industrial Sludge Utilization Permit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1074f.pdf)
4. **Third - Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1074t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **122–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `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`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 532 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7d49995-e008-479f-93a6-266ba97a0d6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).