---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Agritourism - Permit Exemption"
description: "Public Safety - Agritourism - Permit Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Maryland HB 1116 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Agriculture", "Carroll County", "Howard County", "Licenses", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51893cc5-e3f9-440e-ad02-375a02e7802f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1116&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "fdbd4678a94913c9e43bcaef8f7c6e4bea8f5ed4e08429d871f09891ad40d969"
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 1116 (2018) — 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1116f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {400115/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51893cc5-e3f9-440e-ad02-375a02e7802f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).