Legislation - HB0429

Title: On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established
Sponsored by: Delegates Boyce, Charkoudian, Embry, Fair, Feldmark, Healey, Hill, Kaufman, Lehman, Patterson, Ruth, Woods, Woorman, and Ziegler
Status: In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation
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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

Details

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	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

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