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MD SB764

Bill

Status

Passed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Craig Zucker

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the original Maryland orange crush as the official State cocktail, recognizing the drink that originated in 1995 at Harborside Bar and Grill in Ocean City, Maryland

  • Designates chromite as the official State mineral, acknowledging its first U.S. discovery by Isaac Tyson, Jr. in Bare Hills, Baltimore County in 1808

  • Chromite is found in six Maryland counties (Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Harford, Howard, and Montgomery) and the region supplied most of the world's chromite until the 1850s

  • Approved by Governor Wes Moore on May 13, 2025, with an effective date of June 1, 2025

Legislative Description

State Designations - State Cocktail and State Mineral - Original Maryland Orange Crush and Chromite

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Last Action

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487

5/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Health and Government Operations3/17/2025
Education, Energy, and the Environment1/31/2025

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