---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Nonrefillable Containers - Draft Beer"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Nonrefillable Containers - Draft Beer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "Maryland SB 491 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Beverage Containers", "Fees", "Licenses", "Retail Sales", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ready"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b500cae-4f58-4294-939a-03fd9c390f64"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB491&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "2633b496aac5c437d25324eece2d7c320552a13af2518c8879999e624e6ffa70"
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 491 (2017) — Alcoholic Beverages - Nonrefillable Containers - Draft Beer

## 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/sb0491f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ready — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {994136/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {933393/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b500cae-4f58-4294-939a-03fd9c390f64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).