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Bill	On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established	On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	SB 599	Maryland SB 599 (2026)	bill	A	enacted	Hester Hettleman	3	13	2	2026-02-05	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/93ec03d7-a136-4009-b88b-134330b8bd2e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0599?ys=2026RS	2d1234b0a143b7bc6ad9a34c16dad9f15735e73dd5d1b4cbf3dec04c8e36f1d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 599 (2026) — On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established (committee substitute) — source
2. First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 127–7 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05 First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-03 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-08 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93ec03d7-a136-4009-b88b-134330b8bd2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).