---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Code of Public Local Laws - Legalization"
description: "Washington County - Code of Public Local Laws - Legalization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 700"
citation: "Maryland HB 700 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Codes", "Public Local Laws", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0d21ffa-c40c-4a37-8cd2-4a2eec4012e4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB700&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "4300f0af8221f8021221ad06ecf1795ec0640079e47ff83c010f1e3cef60b1fe"
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 700 (2019) — Washington County - Code of Public Local Laws - Legalization

## 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/hb0700f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-14** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-15** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0d21ffa-c40c-4a37-8cd2-4a2eec4012e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).