---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting Permit"
description: "St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting Permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 651"
citation: "Maryland HB 651 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/940ede55-5834-4290-bebc-88a3605e38c6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0651?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d8473e0be3c71808910730db4d9705f76a6dfd3da0ef255291c15455e9b0daec"
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 651 (2024) — St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting Permit

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting Permit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_1013_hb0651t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting Permit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0651f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting Permit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0651t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 651 HB 654 HB 762 HB 817 HB 1083 HB 1269 — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1013 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/940ede55-5834-4290-bebc-88a3605e38c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).