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Bill	Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)	Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 972	Maryland HB 972 (2026)	bill		enacted	Adams Allen Anderson Arentz Arikan Baker Beauchamp Behler Bouchat Boyce Buckel Chisholm Ciliberti Fair Foley Fraser-Hidalgo Ghrist Griffith Guyton Hartman Healey Hinebaugh Holmes Hornberger Howard Hutchinson J. Long Jacobs Kipke Korman Lewis M. Morgan Mangione McComas Metzgar Miller Nkongolo Odom Pippy R. Long Reilly Rose Schmidt Simpson Stein Stonko T. Morgan Tomlinson Valentine Wivell Ziegler	3	14	2	2026-02-06	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/5627e045-b44f-489a-a534-5953f86290bd	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0972?ys=2026RS	6bb1ccd73ba0589d2170723a961062e9368c1c672bdcfae3c39074a5ee0b8656	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 972 (2026) — Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment (Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment ( Charles J. Otto Agricultural Education Promise Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 137–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Allen — primary (person)
• Anderson — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Arikan — primary (person)
• Baker — primary (person)
• Beauchamp — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Bouchat — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Buckel — primary (person)
• Chisholm — primary (person)
• Ciliberti — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
• Ghrist — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Healey — primary (person)
• Hinebaugh — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• J. Long — primary (person)
• Jacobs — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Korman — primary (person)
• Lewis — primary (person)
• M. Morgan — primary (person)
• Mangione — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Metzgar — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Nkongolo — primary (person)
• Odom — primary (person)
• Pippy — primary (person)
• R. Long — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• Schmidt — primary (person)
• Simpson — primary (person)
• Stein — primary (person)
• Stonko — primary (person)
• T. Morgan — primary (person)
• Tomlinson — primary (person)
• Valentine — primary (person)
• Wivell — primary (person)
• Ziegler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-06 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-21 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-21 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 163 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5627e045-b44f-489a-a534-5953f86290bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).