---
type: "Bill"
title: "Frederick County - Ethics and Campaign Activity - Governing Body, County Board and Commission Members, and Board of License Commissioners"
description: "Frederick County - Ethics and Campaign Activity - Governing Body, County Board and Commission Members, and Board of License Commissioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "Maryland SB 289 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Counties - Local Laws", "Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Agents and Brokers", "Committees and Commissions", "Elections", "Emergency Bills", "Ethics", "Frederick County", "Gifts", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Political Candidates", "Political Committees", "Public Officials", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hough and Young"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3ce2381-34d4-4c02-bb87-17a3d1b79bcf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB289&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "553bf2d4d450b0671eb639c9ef016e9049cb985abdd5201fd1c56cee4bd8d95a"
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 289 (2018) — Frederick County - Ethics and Campaign Activity - Governing Body, County Board and Commission Members, and Board of License Commissioners

## 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/sb0289f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hough and Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 272 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3ce2381-34d4-4c02-bb87-17a3d1b79bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).