---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Agritourism - Permit Exemption"
description: "Public Safety - Agritourism - Permit Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 817"
citation: "Maryland SB 817 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Agriculture", "Cecil County", "Garrett County", "Licenses", "Safety", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da23a2e4-57dc-4085-afd3-b1dbfe9c1b6b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB817&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "6ab6272a2ab516bee6cbbbda7aaaefc0c06deab6179eda63c63406918532aef9"
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 817 (2017) — Public Safety - Agritourism - Permit Exemption

## 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/sb0817f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {514533/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-17** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {640115/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da23a2e4-57dc-4085-afd3-b1dbfe9c1b6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).