Legislation - HB0429

Title: On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established
Sponsored by: Delegates Boyce, Charkoudian, Embry, Fair, Feldmark, Healey, Hill, Kaufman, Lehman, Patterson, Ruth, Woods, Woorman, Ziegler, Behler, Foley, Jacobs, Holmes, Lewis, Odom, Stein, and T. Morgan
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Establishing the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; and establishing the Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Program and the County Wasted Food Reduction Block Grant Program in the Department of the Environment to fund certain projects that reduce, rescue, and divert wasted food in the State and certain counties.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Energy, and the Environment; Budget and Taxation

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Cross-filed with: SB0599

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2026 Legislative Date 1/22/2026 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/28/2026 Legislative Date 1/28/2026 Action Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/09/2026 Legislative Date 3/09/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2026 Legislative Date 2/26/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {343623/1 Adopted Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2026 Legislative Date 2/26/2026 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/12/2026 Legislative Date 2/28/2026 Action Third Reading Passed (126-7) Proceedings 37 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/13/2026 Legislative Date 2/28/2026 Action Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation Proceedings 39 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/22/2026	1/22/2026	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established
House	1/28/2026	1/28/2026	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/09/2026	3/09/2026	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
House	3/10/2026	2/26/2026	Favorable with Amendments {343623/1 Adopted	35 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/10/2026	2/26/2026	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	35 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established
House	3/12/2026	2/28/2026	Third Reading Passed (126-7)	37 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/13/2026	2/28/2026	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation	39 Click to view Recorded Media

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