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type: "Bill"
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title: "Maryland Farms and Families Act"
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description: "Maryland Farms and Families Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 586"
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citation: "Maryland HB 586 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Agriculture", "Appropriations", "Farmland", "Food", "Food Stamps", "Grants", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-30"
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last_action: "2017-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6da3c93f-5d92-4047-abcb-279f42e76b8f"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB586&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "4813380ea08537ecc9d7572b14be63cc4de11026198b6959beb5378ebf732e83"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 586 (2017) — Maryland Farms and Families Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0586f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Frick — cosponsor (person)
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- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
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- Hixson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
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- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
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- Queen — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-30** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-10** Favorable with Amendments {724563/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-10** Special Order until 03/14 (Delegate Jameson) Adopted
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- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
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- **2017-03-16** First Reading Finance and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
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- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-05** Second Reading Passed
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- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-06** Returned Passed
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- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 395 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6da3c93f-5d92-4047-abcb-279f42e76b8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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