---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement"
description: "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 456"
citation: "Maryland HB 456 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth", "Valentino-Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2de5502-79d8-4bc3-9b15-22a1cb3c70a4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0456?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f12ab60dcc706e7ac0aaf7ab439ae510fd73c40d7bc91869799aed99ffd67382"
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 456 (2022) — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_324_hb0456t.pdf)
2. **First - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0456f.pdf)
3. **Third - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - State Supplement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0456t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **114–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruth — primary (person)
- Valentino-Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2de5502-79d8-4bc3-9b15-22a1cb3c70a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).