---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kent County – Alcoholic Beverages – Licenses"
description: "Kent County – Alcoholic Beverages – Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Maryland SB 172 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Fees", "Food", "Kent County", "Restaurants", "Revenue and Taxes", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-15"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ede218ac-323e-4f92-996c-f7c4fe619ac0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB172&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "ae3d44f5dc8184483fa7872024a4a84651eff8c746212afb8d9a6f0b2b73335f"
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 172 (2018) — Kent County – Alcoholic Beverages – 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/sb/sb0172f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-15** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {564237/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (43-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ede218ac-323e-4f92-996c-f7c4fe619ac0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).