HB 1001 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush

HB 1001 designates "The Original Maryland Orange Crush" as Maryland's official state cocktail, recognizing its origin at Ocean City's Harborside Bar and Grill. The bill amends Maryland law by adding Section 7-313 to the Annotated Code, formally naming the cocktail in state statutes. This is a symbolic designation with no regulatory or financial impact on businesses, consumers, or state operations. It affects Maryland's official state symbols but does not change any existing laws governing alcohol or cocktails. The change takes effect June 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action Mar 17, 2025

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First - State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush → Third - State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was updated to reflect its progression from first to third reading in the Maryland General Assembly, adding sponsors, committee status, and approval signatures. The substantive policy content regarding designating the Original Maryland Orange Crush as the state cocktail remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Added new sponsors (Valentine, Alston, Bagnall, Bhandari, Cullison, Guzzone, Hill, S. Johnson, Kaiser, Kerr, Kipke, Lopez, Martinez, Pena-Melnyk, Reilly, Rosenberg, Ross, Szeliga, Taveras, White Holland, Woods, and Woorman) to the sponsor list.

Added committee report status showing the bill was favorably amended and adopted by the House on March 6, 2025.

Added signature lines for Governor, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate indicating the bill has been approved.

Changed header from 'A BILL ENTITLED' to 'CHAPTER ______' to reflect legislative process progression.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 8, 2025

How they voted

135–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 139

Mar 8, 2025

D Democratic100

98 Yea 2

98% Yea

R Republican39

37 Yea 2

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

lower

Mar 8, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (135-0-4)

house of delegates

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

First Reading Health and Government Operations

lower

30 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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