---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers"
description: "Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Maryland HB 262 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-09-28"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312eb3c3-3ce5-4486-bd67-9e5332c3e834"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0262?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6a57a1fc5758437a88c148ac4e99803918306917e8f61ab55f86ac2a855bdbbb"
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 HB 262 (2025) — Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_43_hb0262t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0262f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0262t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-15** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 43 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/312eb3c3-3ce5-4486-bd67-9e5332c3e834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).