---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Thresholds for Tasting Ho. Co. 19-17"
description: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Thresholds for Tasting Ho. Co. 19-17"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 797"
citation: "Maryland HB 797 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Howard County", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb2adab-e4af-40e6-a961-22251d9e0828"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB797&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "e9cf3e9be7a7db8d04b98abfc44f57574828dedae21a8292a37b3bc22ec4c7ae"
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 797 (2017) — Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Thresholds for Tasting Ho. Co. 19-17

## 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/hb0797f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** 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.
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eb2adab-e4af-40e6-a961-22251d9e0828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).