---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - Alterations"
description: "Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Maryland SB 290 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-15"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddbc5141-a8a5-42e1-b788-56ab8f9a19c0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0290?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e00c161ed161a4a9f0fcd1c5477de93ec7c32e705c4afc5be8aef704d02e8b28"
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 290 (2024) — Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_383_sb0290e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0290e.pdf)
3. **First - Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0290f.pdf)
4. **Third - Certified Local Farm and Fish Program - Annual Waiver Reports - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0290t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-29** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** Motion Special Order until 1/31 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- **2024-01-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2024-01-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-05** Motion Special Order until 2/6 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2024-02-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** 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
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 383 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddbc5141-a8a5-42e1-b788-56ab8f9a19c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).