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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses"
+description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 954"
+citation: "Maryland HB 954 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Branch", "Bridges", "Smith"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-05"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf803ac-9b49-426c-a480-768fc01965f9"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0954?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "01dc82f2e4fa6ca1eefad7d8092418410073b5aa07f31046d31ce97f094a82c4"
+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 954 (2020) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_389_hb0954e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0954e.pdf)
+3. **First - Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Exchange of Class B Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0954f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Exchange of Class B Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0954t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **128–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Branch — primary (person)
+- Bridges — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-11** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-15** 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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator McCray) Adopted
+- **2020-03-18** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator McCray) Adopted
+- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **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 389 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf803ac-9b49-426c-a480-768fc01965f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+