---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)"
description: "Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 425"
citation: "Maryland SB 425 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Brooks", "Carozza", "Elfreth", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Kagan", "Lewis Young", "M. Washington", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/623479c7-e6f6-4731-a1e2-eb4e2c908a85"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0425?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dc659810fcfc0e17623baaa1824380dbe8b7aad50ca6704caf66e31d879bc97f"
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 425 (2024) — Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_62_sb0425t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0425f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0425t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/623479c7-e6f6-4731-a1e2-eb4e2c908a85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).