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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture Nuisance Insects"
description: "Agriculture Nuisance Insects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 854"
citation: "Maryland SB 854 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e8e5fb5-be65-465d-a025-0687ad99ed94"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0854?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ee8f993960327cc62cdf86b14daf9d3618509ad0731e9ac31665453356eac38f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_681_sb0854t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture Nuisance Insects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0854f.pdf)
3. **Third - Agriculture Nuisance Insects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0854t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1331** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e8e5fb5-be65-465d-a025-0687ad99ed94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).