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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements"
+description: "Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 304"
+citation: "Maryland SB 304 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Senators"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2023-01-27"
+last_action: "2023-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f377f316-3cd6-41b7-9fcc-214d64f87218"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0304?ys=2023RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "d797e5e72ed97587dcf2a6d810c756ea052aecb2b26ebe71751213fa64dde281"
+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 SB 304 (2023) — Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_416_sb0304t.pdf)
+2. **First - Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0304f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0304t.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carroll County Senators — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2023-03-07** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
+- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f377f316-3cd6-41b7-9fcc-214d64f87218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+