---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries - Special Event Permits"
description: "Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries - Special Event Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 789"
citation: "Maryland HB 789 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Delegation"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e831ffb3-8130-40d6-ace0-7e2c68f70d26"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0789?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7a4f5767bb930f3e9f83e0384e256a264f105d8101da6d1e1a0aca4834481c1b"
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 789 (2020) — Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries - Special Event Permits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries - Special Event Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_609_hb0789e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries - Special Event Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0789e.pdf)
3. **First - Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries - Special Event Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0789f.pdf)
4. **Third - Washington County - Alcoholic Beverages - Wineries - Special Event Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0789t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 609 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e831ffb3-8130-40d6-ace0-7e2c68f70d26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).