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type: "Bill"
title: "On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established"
description: "On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 599"
citation: "Maryland SB 599 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93ec03d7-a136-4009-b88b-134330b8bd2e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0599?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2d1234b0a143b7bc6ad9a34c16dad9f15735e73dd5d1b4cbf3dec04c8e36f1d5"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_249_sb0599t.pdf)
2. **First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0599f.pdf)
3. **Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0599t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1277** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **420** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93ec03d7-a136-4009-b88b-134330b8bd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).