---
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: "SB 204"
citation: "Maryland SB 204 (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 Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7781dcae-9fda-4b43-aa29-e4fbc8535c08"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB204&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "67095892d7e8cd7882ec99eb0a255d022fd9973ee932cdaad1fcb9158157efbd"
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 SB 204 (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/sb/sb0204f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-06** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7781dcae-9fda-4b43-aa29-e4fbc8535c08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).