---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding"
description: "Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 589"
citation: "Maryland SB 589 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Elfreth", "Ellis", "Jackson", "Rosapepe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d6cc34e-f2c4-4896-bf2c-afa352579e8e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0589?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a2886755a99fcfa4ac856acb3802ad0b446fab8c1a19f8c5251fb71f27b7b3d6"
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 589 (2024) — Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_575_sb0589e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0589e.pdf)
3. **First - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0589f.pdf)
4. **Third - Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0589t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–2** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** 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 575 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d6cc34e-f2c4-4896-bf2c-afa352579e8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).