---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Class 4 Limited Winery Licenses"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Class 4 Limited Winery Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 972"
citation: "Maryland HB 972 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Agriculture", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Exemptions", "Farmland", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisanti"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/431ee6ec-2cb5-4e0b-9194-b1faa71f0b81"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB972&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4eb7e52619ace3343cea9101da2f67466ff1ec78986af43b69df0cd069f874e4"
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 972 (2018) — Alcoholic Beverages - Class 4 Limited Winery Licenses

## 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/hb0972f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {963593/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** 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 {324634/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/431ee6ec-2cb5-4e0b-9194-b1faa71f0b81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).