---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Direct Wine Shipper's Permit - Application and Renewal Requirements"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Direct Wine Shipper's Permit - Application and Renewal Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 987"
citation: "Maryland HB 987 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Industry and Technology", "Interstate Affairs", "Licenses", "Postal Service"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/796c8f33-47af-49d1-b295-836a29eec779"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB987&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "4e68b0f87a83ee94968c3986e29170472893211a5ce343d762c68040ab5f3665"
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 987 (2017) — Alcoholic Beverages - Direct Wine Shipper's Permit - Application and Renewal Requirements

## 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/hb0987f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- W. Miller — primary (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {633490/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-28** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-28** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-29** Hearing 4/05 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
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 468 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/796c8f33-47af-49d1-b295-836a29eec779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).