---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Art Establishment License"
description: "St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Art Establishment License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 526"
citation: "Maryland HB 526 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Art", "Music and Cultural Affairs", "Fees", "Job Training", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Licenses", "Retail Sales", "St. Mary's County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86c6445-bb4e-45c0-97b3-0e74cd41a01d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB526&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "2ac99cc63a336e3addd14c5526be127a1b6fa611ec39c3c9d2d5c0416d43b31e"
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 526 (2017) — St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Art Establishment License

## 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/hb0526f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** 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
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86c6445-bb4e-45c0-97b3-0e74cd41a01d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).