Maryland Senate Bill 483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on May 25 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-25 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Expanding the purpose and use of the Maryland Farms and Families Fund to include grants to nonprofit farmers markets and local nonprofit organizations; authorizing the Department of Agriculture, when awarding grants, to consider a nonprofit organization's record of providing services in food deserts; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget a $100,000 appropriation to the Fund, which is in addition to, and may not supplant, any funding appropriated to a certain division in the Department; etc.

Maryland Farms and Families Fund - Purpose, Use, Funding, and Grant Qualifications - Alterations

Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]

Sen. Katie Hester [D]

2019-03-26 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-3) (Y: 137 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-03-14 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-25	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 575
2019-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2019-04-04	House	Third Reading Passed (137-3)
2019-04-02	House	Second Reading Passed
2019-04-02	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-04-02	House	Favorable Report by Appropriations
2019-03-16	House	Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-14	House	First Reading Appropriations
2019-03-14	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2019-03-12	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-12	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {747571/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-11	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2019-02-06	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) and Hearing canceled (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
2019-02-05	Senate	Hearing canceled (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
2019-02-05	Senate	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)
2019-02-04	Senate	First Reading Finance and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0483?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0483f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0483t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_575_sb0483t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0483_74757101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0483.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0483_ehe.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0483_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0534.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0483_app.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/1251.pdf