republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-203.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Fertilizer Use on Turf	Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Fertilizer Use on Turf	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 203	Maryland SB 203 (2018)	bill	Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Fertilizers	enacted	Middleton and Guzzone	1	18	2	2018-01-18	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/2f378b17-d033-45a2-8016-d235c6d30d5d	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB203&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	017cdaa8632f5937563106623a48daeeac40e4e4cc93d66182d90d4f3c48be03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 203 (2018) — Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Fertilizer Use on Turf

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 134–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Middleton and Guzzone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2018-01-18 Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2018-01-19 Hearing canceled
• 2018-01-19 Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-02-05 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-06 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-02-08 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-02-09 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-21 Hearing canceled
• 2018-03-21 Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-02 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed (134-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f378b17-d033-45a2-8016-d235c6d30d5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).