---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices"
description: "Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 597"
citation: "Maryland SB 597 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Hester", "Kagan", "Pinsky", "Rosapepe", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab9a1c98-a384-4f0a-abbe-41e7b8bd60c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0597?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d99cd58e0edec87fbb4da39a0db403226e940107ec087b8e7662b569a77a8e21"
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 597 (2020) — Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_305_sb0597t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0597f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Fixed Natural Filter Practices** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0597t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **94–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- Pinsky — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Motion Laid Over (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 305 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab9a1c98-a384-4f0a-abbe-41e7b8bd60c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).