---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County Alcohol Modernization Act of 2018 MC 4-18"
description: "Montgomery County Alcohol Modernization Act of 2018 MC 4-18"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "Maryland HB 178 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Age of Majority", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Beverage Containers", "Blue Laws", "Food", "Gaming", "Higher Education", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Licenses", "Montgomery County", "Penalties and Sentences", "Pharmacists and Pharmacies", "Restaurants", "Retail Sales", "Search and Seizure", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/437b30cd-1176-4bff-9c17-5530d96f31ff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB178&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "f180721fc45ea3f0f9909c6dc1cc0c9d068cf5e1d62cc6122ed7ce52e5187c07"
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 178 (2018) — Montgomery County Alcohol Modernization Act of 2018 MC 4-18

## 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/hb0178f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **121–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {253394/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-09** Third Reading Passed (121-2) `passage`
- **2018-03-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable with Amendments {674338/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/437b30cd-1176-4bff-9c17-5530d96f31ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).