---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety – Buildings Used for Agritourism"
description: "Public Safety – Buildings Used for Agritourism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Maryland SB 99 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Counties - Local Laws", "Agriculture", "Agriculture", "Allegany County", "Anne Arundel County", "Baltimore County", "Building Permits", "Kent County", "Prince George's County", "Safety", "St. Mary's County", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a74eadd-cc69-4e21-bb0f-524543f00a6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB99&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "223523d9e3f3241f0a511f16f180a6ddf8caf39ced2e312ded07ebf391fa9ef3"
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 99 (2019) — Public Safety – Buildings Used for Agritourism

## 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/sb0099t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable with Amendments {714630/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2019-02-28** Favorable with Amendments {714630/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Floor Amendment {373527/1 (Senator Jennings) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-04** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a74eadd-cc69-4e21-bb0f-524543f00a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).