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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Fertilizer Use on Turf"
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description: "Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Fertilizer Use on Turf"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 203"
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citation: "Maryland SB 203 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Farmland", "Fertilizers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Middleton and Guzzone"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-18"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f378b17-d033-45a2-8016-d235c6d30d5d"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB203&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "017cdaa8632f5937563106623a48daeeac40e4e4cc93d66182d90d4f3c48be03"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 203 (2018) — Agriculture - Nutrient Management - Fertilizer Use on Turf
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0203f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Middleton and Guzzone — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-18** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2018-01-19** Hearing canceled
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- **2018-01-19** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-02-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-06** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-02-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-27** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-21** Hearing canceled
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- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f378b17-d033-45a2-8016-d235c6d30d5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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