Montgomery County Delegation
Legislation - Bill History
Bill Information  
MC 18-12 Montgomery County – Alcoholic Beverages – Special Art Gallery Beer and Wine License
Sponsor Delegates Frick, Kelly & Lee
Synopsis For the purpose of authorizing the Montgomery County Board of License Commissioners to issue a special art gallery beer and wine license to nonprofit and for–profit retail businesses that display and sell original artwork by an individual or a group of artists; prohibiting a certain type of business from being issued the license; specifying that a holder of the license may sell or serve beer and wine at retail for on–premises consumption when snacks are served during certain hours; specifying a license fee; prohibiting the license from being transferred from the location for which the license was originally issued to another location; and generally relating to a special art gallery license in Montgomery County.
Bill Text Read bill in pdf here
House Bill Number HB 691
Bill History  
Local Action House:

1/20/12 - Montgomery County House Delegation Meeting - Late-filed bill vote (2/3’s majority vote in House Delegation needed to accept as late-filed bill and to schedule for a public hearing) - AGENDA - Favorable (22-1) accepted as a late-filed bill - Voting list

 

1/27/12 - Montgomery County House Delegation - Public hearing - Room 170 Lowe House Office Bldg., Annapolis - AGENDA

Bill assigned to the County Affairs Committee

  1/30/12 - County Affairs Committee Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable (6-0) - Voting list
 

2/3/12 - Montgomery County House Delegation Meeting - AGENDA - Favorable (19-0) - Voting list

Bill moves to the Montgomery County Senate Delegation & House Economic Matters Committee

   
   
Local Action Senate: 2/16/12 - Montgomery County Senate Delegation - AGENDA - Favorable (5-0) - Bill Report
   
   
   
House Action: 2/8/12 - First Reading Economic Matters Committee
  2/27/12 - Public Hearing - Economic Matters Committee - 1:00 p.m.
  3/12/12 - Favorable Report by Economic Matters Committee
 

3/13/12 - Favorable Report Adopted

                Second Reading Passed

  3/15/12 - Third Reading Passed (133-0)
  4/1/12 - Returned Passed
   
   
Senate Action: 3/16/12 - First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
  3/28/12 - Public Hearing - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee - 1:00 p.m.
  4/2/12 - Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee
 

3/27/12 - Favorable Report Adopted

                Second Reading Passed

  3/30/12 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
   
   
Action After Passage:

4/10/12 - Approved by the Governor

                Chapter 134