---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License"
description: "Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "Maryland HB 655 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicomico County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd6704a0-8441-4088-87e8-b12f0368558d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0655?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "782e6dd5c4b387bd9711ca8377011741b1002a636fe03fc3c8996049b448e029"
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 655 (2025) — Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_795_hb0655t.pdf)
2. **First - Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0655f.pdf)
3. **Third - Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0655t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 655 HB 712 HB 714 HB 715 HB 1174 — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wicomico County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 795 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd6704a0-8441-4088-87e8-b12f0368558d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).