---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer and Wine Festivals"
description: "Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer and Wine Festivals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Maryland SB 51 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Dorchester County", "Fairs", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-11-14"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a8ada9-5ba7-4066-9741-4f097a3544d1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB51&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e9a596aa62961b965216e4e656eae378f284f56230e7f2a44b441a41b68043a4"
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 51 (2018) — Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer and Wine Festivals

## 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/sb0051f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eckardt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** 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
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 55 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a8ada9-5ba7-4066-9741-4f097a3544d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).