republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2023/sb-497.md

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Bill	State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye	State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2023	SB 497	Maryland SB 497 (2023)	bill	A	enacted	Brooks Feldman Hershey Hester Kagan Watson	3	15	0	2023-02-03	2023-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/062bca30-09ae-4cbb-b142-5e0395cafc56	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0497?ys=2023RS&search=True	016ed5692c2f77da09939cbd43534c67d2197eff70a05fe33dbab259b8bdef71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 497 (2023) — State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye (committee substitute) — source
2. First - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - State Designations – State Spirit – Maryland Rye (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Brooks — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Hershey — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-03 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-02-17 Hearing canceled
• 2023-02-17 Hearing 3/03 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2023-03-30 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2023-03-31 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-03-31 Referred Rules and Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2023-04-05 Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
• 2023-04-06 Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-06 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-07 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-07 Returned Passed
• 2023-05-03 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/062bca30-09ae-4cbb-b142-5e0395cafc56. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).