---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Performance Standards - Agricultural Buildings Used for Agritourism - Exemption"
description: "Building Performance Standards - Agricultural Buildings Used for Agritourism - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1141"
citation: "Maryland HB 1141 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Agriculture", "Building Permits", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53a38193-2329-4d66-bd90-7257b61d956a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1141&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f725889c18091f90af0d9f6ad94756eedbcf75c175194f678d98f976e2325f9f"
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 1141 (2018) — Building Performance Standards - Agricultural Buildings Used for Agritourism - 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/hb1141f.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Otto — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Wivell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {370215/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Reassigned to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Bates) Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53a38193-2329-4d66-bd90-7257b61d956a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).