---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal"
description: "Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Maryland SB 162 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-07"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d30e39c2-b663-4029-b47d-ec367d53fd00"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0162?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a0c91021950b07d4d832150d49ff8c6620468ed862145fd900c3a9533a9533cb"
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 162 (2025) — Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_360_sb0162t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0162f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture - Departmental Authority Over Identification, Inspection, and Sale of Cantaloupes - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0162t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-07** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/14 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-01-14** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-14** Hearing 1/28 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d30e39c2-b663-4029-b47d-ec367d53fd00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).