---
type: "Bill"
title: "Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue"
description: "Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 535"
citation: "Maryland HB 535 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs", "Reilly", "T. Morgan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc374c2-d542-46cb-b50c-05de7b65c7a9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0535?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "301c835a9343acb1042584ae9d43f6d3e21d388b6858fd39687d20e28386dc69"
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 535 (2026) — Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_320_hb0535t.pdf)
2. **First - Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0535f.pdf)
3. **Third - Food Establishments - Cottage Food Businesses - Maximum Annual Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0535t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 2/17 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 320 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc374c2-d542-46cb-b50c-05de7b65c7a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).