---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hotel and Motel Licenses"
description: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hotel and Motel Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1039"
citation: "Maryland SB 1039 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Hotels and Motels", "Licenses", "Restaurants", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86f31ea-fcec-4837-aad4-211a68d0a17c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1039&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "af2b63c588a67072e9c4faa404eb702e4573d359cb19b57ae18e9c3f98288ccf"
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 1039 (2017) — Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hotel and Motel Licenses

## 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/2017RS/bills/sb/sb1039f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Washington County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2017-02-15** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-03** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-08** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-08** Favorable with Amendments {253694/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (133-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86f31ea-fcec-4837-aad4-211a68d0a17c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).