---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sunday Hours of Sale"
description: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sunday Hours of Sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 701"
citation: "Maryland HB 701 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Alcoholic Beverages Distribution", "Blue Laws", "Commerce and Business", "Retail Sales", "Time", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9031e70-68dc-4a3f-b2ba-7ffa0ccb295c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB701&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "dea9b290fa9e358c47bcfa7f62855f7dddbaf1323d0bb95f55461cac64abba11"
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 HB 701 (2019) — Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sunday Hours of Sale

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0701f.pdf)

## Votes

- No motion given — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (133-1) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9031e70-68dc-4a3f-b2ba-7ffa0ccb295c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).