---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Tasting Licenses"
description: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Tasting Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 340"
citation: "Maryland SB 340 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Fees", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Time", "Washington County", "Weights and Measures"]
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/674ebc86-df02-498b-a09e-c0e6742bff20"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB340&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8ef055f91245455532fe139f2f7704576aa446afa11b74af5bb6c102522995a7"
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 340 (2018) — Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Tasting 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/sb0340f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (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.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-09** Third Reading Passed ((45-0)) `passage`
- **2018-03-12** 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 (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/674ebc86-df02-498b-a09e-c0e6742bff20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).