republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/sb-854.md

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Bill	Agriculture – Nuisance Insects	Agriculture – Nuisance Insects	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	SB 854	Maryland SB 854 (2024)	bill		enacted	Washington County Senators	3	15	2	2024-02-02	2024-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/3e8e5fb5-be65-465d-a025-0687ad99ed94	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0854?ys=2024RS&search=True	ee8f993960327cc62cdf86b14daf9d3618509ad0731e9ac31665453356eac38f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 854 (2024) — Agriculture – Nuisance Insects

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Agriculture – Nuisance Insects (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Agriculture – Nuisance Insects (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Agriculture – Nuisance Insects (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 133–1 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Washington County Senators — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-02 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-02-13 Hearing canceled
• 2024-02-13 Hearing 3/08 at 9:00 a.m.
• 2024-03-15 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-15 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-15 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-19 Referred Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-04-01 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-01 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-04 Returned Passed
• 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 681 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e8e5fb5-be65-465d-a025-0687ad99ed94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).