---
type: "Bill"
title: "On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established"
description: "On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Maryland HB 429 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Embry", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Healey", "Hill", "Holmes", "Jacobs", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Lewis", "Odom", "Patterson", "Ruth", "Stein", "T. Morgan", "Woods", "Woorman", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb9cb76-3f2a-4ff5-bd40-dbd185cbcfa8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0429?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d6ae48438b209e1302c30b0640e05ac2a662ce9c6909c1f315ac427b93c3a13d"
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 429 (2026) — On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_250_hb0429t.pdf)
2. **First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0429f.pdf)
3. **Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0429t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–7** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Behler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Corderman) Adopted
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb9cb76-3f2a-4ff5-bd40-dbd185cbcfa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).