---
type: "Bill"
title: "PenMar Development Corporation - Dissolution - Authority of Washington County Over Fort Ritchie"
description: "PenMar Development Corporation - Dissolution - Authority of Washington County Over Fort Ritchie"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 605"
citation: "Maryland HB 605 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Counties - Local Laws", "Contracts", "Corporations", "County Commissioners", "Emergency Bills", "Leases and Rent", "Liability", "Personal Property", "Real Property", "Unions", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7441f789-d345-4113-9f62-f10dc70f3735"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB605&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "545d4a22e3e22b75fae809620e6828904b2cf767c9dcd00756cc02046c5e6e6d"
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 605 (2017) — PenMar Development Corporation - Dissolution - Authority of Washington County Over Fort Ritchie

## 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/hb0605f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Washington County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-02** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-29** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 141 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7441f789-d345-4113-9f62-f10dc70f3735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).