---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Serving Underage Individuals - Penalties"
description: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Serving Underage Individuals - Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "Maryland SB 324 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Minors", "Parole and Probation", "Penalties and Sentences", "Retail Sales", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49db3eb-c18c-4add-bb2e-aea713b896aa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB324&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "562490a096ed4d26aaf85b6cccc0872d1318d37c562af029ffd3723996c4f510"
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 324 (2018) — Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Serving Underage Individuals - Penalties

## 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/sb0324f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** 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 {974136/1 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`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d49db3eb-c18c-4add-bb2e-aea713b896aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).