---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Code of Public Local Laws - Legalization"
description: "Washington County - Code of Public Local Laws - Legalization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 590"
citation: "Maryland SB 590 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Codes", "Public Local Laws", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c1d8a74-c3d8-41b4-a702-ce104f6a3624"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB590&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "f62ad58ba73cf76b88bec6821ae91a26ff78eb44c2102176b12cb9e88326f0a5"
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 590 (2019) — Washington County - Code of Public Local Laws - Legalization

## 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/sb/sb0590f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c1d8a74-c3d8-41b4-a702-ce104f6a3624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).