---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report"
description: "Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Maryland SB 579 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc5ae2e5-5b6e-430f-9b7a-2770c7fddb12"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0579?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0ccbb4edbeff9f498ca22db1967635bd3032c02b70adf14e93bb6b2149903fa8"
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 579 (2024) — Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_191_sb0579e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0579e.pdf)
3. **First - Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0579f.pdf)
4. **Third - Primary and Secondary Education - Breakfast and Lunch Programs - Universal Expansion Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0579t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **122–10** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2024-02-02** Hearing canceled (Budget and Taxation)
- **2024-02-02** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `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 Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc5ae2e5-5b6e-430f-9b7a-2770c7fddb12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).