---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism"
description: "Washington County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 749"
citation: "Maryland HB 749 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22c1528e-abb8-458d-a824-e425dacdaf20"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0749?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "64c036a0b879c937d74077a11b2f5fafe5d19a866fbde8c3e454c34d2a3f3081"
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 749 (2025) — Washington 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 - Washington County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_600_hb0749t.pdf)
2. **First - Washington County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0749f.pdf)
3. **Third - Washington County - Public Safety - Buildings Used for Agritourism** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0749t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22c1528e-abb8-458d-a824-e425dacdaf20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).