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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Definition of Beer - Hard Cider"
+description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Definition of Beer - Hard Cider"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 281"
+citation: "Maryland SB 281 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Weights and Measures"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d288fbd5-a7a4-4a7f-ab01-35b42dc1e418"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB281&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "689d7c954c46e6cb2b6307866395e4f58e2e19ef5f85ad3d6ae1af5d4d3e6ea8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 281 (2017) — Alcoholic Beverages - Definition of Beer - Hard Cider
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0281f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Bates — cosponsor (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
+- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d288fbd5-a7a4-4a7f-ab01-35b42dc1e418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+