---
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: "HB 639"
citation: "Maryland HB 639 (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: ["Anne Arundel County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c0b500-15d0-4521-82e4-8466dd411926"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB639&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "ff45153c299409ae1be001a43ad6edea0a19e3715face7af76b3b0de6e9cef3d"
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 639 (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/hb/hb0639f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {330316/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-16** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments {994338/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 70 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c0b500-15d0-4521-82e4-8466dd411926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).