---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Festival License MC 7-17"
description: "Montgomery County - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Festival License MC 7-17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Maryland HB 309 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Advertising", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Fairs", "Fees", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Licenses", "Montgomery County", "Penalties and Sentences", "Retail Sales", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa304c5e-63b4-40ec-a83c-acc7688279c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB309&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0e275856bd578ae3bd194c7f2e3a2d4656751524f78c4e80fe6826978ee5ca7e"
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 HB 309 (2017) — Montgomery County - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Festival License MC 7-17

## 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/hb/hb0309f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-30** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa304c5e-63b4-40ec-a83c-acc7688279c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).