---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne's County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism"
description: "Queen Anne's County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Maryland SB 489 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcdecc75-05ff-4ed2-943f-4066c692426c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0489?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bfc7cc3e6f83bb9f448d5e6425ace422fdfb12c0ea1b8e45165567eaefc36e77"
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 489 (2022) — Queen Anne's County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Queen Anne's County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_95_sb0489t.pdf)
2. **First - Queen Anne's County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0489f.pdf)
3. **Third - Queen Anne's County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0489t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcdecc75-05ff-4ed2-943f-4066c692426c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).