---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - Commercial Compost - Prohibition on Per Ton Inspection Fee"
description: "Agriculture - Commercial Compost - Prohibition on Per Ton Inspection Fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 954"
citation: "Maryland HB 954 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Agriculture", "Commerce and Business", "Fees", "Fertilizers", "Industry and Technology", "Inspections", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cassilly"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994e8d4b-29d9-45e2-ac4d-7d85ab2db3de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB954&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "8fe9110e6b0a9635c01a84215e93216ea2077c4e58132917b1211620e112557a"
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 954 (2019) — Agriculture - Commercial Compost - Prohibition on Per Ton Inspection Fee

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0954f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cassilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {780611/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/994e8d4b-29d9-45e2-ac4d-7d85ab2db3de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).