---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Class 1 Distillery Licenses"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Class 1 Distillery Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Maryland HB 42 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Dealers", "Industry and Technology", "Licenses", "Residency", "Retail Sales", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barkley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-06-14"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccff45ec-ac0e-4707-aa1a-0bd32b3b8c80"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB42&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "72c54218618e456349b00f9944a2883e00dd605c5e58a6d2eb91954e85c92dc5"
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 42 (2017) — Alcoholic Beverages - Class 1 Distillery Licenses

## 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/hb0042f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barkley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** 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 (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing 3/22 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 314 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccff45ec-ac0e-4707-aa1a-0bd32b3b8c80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).