MD SB311 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-11 - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-11 - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
Pending: Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Expanding the Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program by making qualified nonprofit organizations that operate a farm or community garden that is on at least 250 acres, grows between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 pounds of produce annually, supplies agricultural food products to the State's food banks and emergency food providers at no cost, and is conserved in a land conservation program eligible for grant funding; and establishing the Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Operating Fund.
Title
Agriculture - Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program - Expansion
Sponsors
Sen. Chris West [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-01-11 | Senate | Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) |
2024-01-11 | Senate | First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation |
Subjects
Agriculture
Agriculture, Department of
Appropriations
Budgets
Comptroller
Conservation
Farmers and Farming
Food
Food Insecurity
Governor
Grants
Nonprofit Organizations
Public Benefits
Public Officials
Revenue and Taxes
Treasurers
Agriculture, Department of
Appropriations
Budgets
Comptroller
Conservation
Farmers and Farming
Food
Food Insecurity
Governor
Grants
Nonprofit Organizations
Public Benefits
Public Officials
Revenue and Taxes
Treasurers
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
---|---|---|---|---|
Agriculture | 10 | 2101 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Agriculture | 10 | 2102 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Agriculture | 10 | 2104 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0311?ys=2024RS |
Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0311f.pdf |