republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-57.md

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Bill	Agriculture - County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs	Agriculture - County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 57	Maryland SB 57 (2019)	bill	Agriculture Taxes - Property Administrative Agencies Agriculture Certifications Committees and Commissions Conservation Counties Land Preservation Trusts Planning Department of Property Tax Reports Revenue and Taxes Time Transfer Tax Zoning and Planning	enacted	Chair	1	15	2	2018-10-15	2019-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/13a33840-ee3c-4f18-9c02-86cb318e58f9	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB57&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	b814e5e94a63bac41b619ea0ddb6d8363b23aea9b8d41a843a86ae75e782fa56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 57 (2019) — Agriculture - County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs

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 — 138–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair — primary (person)
• Education — cosponsor (person)
• Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Agriculture) — cosponsor (person)
• Health — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-10-15 Pre-filed introduction
• 2019-01-09 First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Hearing 1/22 at 4:00 p.m.
• 2019-02-04 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-05 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-05 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-02-07 Third Reading Passed (44-0) passage
• 2019-02-08 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-29 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-29 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-29 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-03 Third Reading Passed (138-0) passage
• 2019-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2019-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13a33840-ee3c-4f18-9c02-86cb318e58f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).