---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of Licenses Near Places of Worship"
description: "Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of Licenses Near Places of Worship"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "Maryland SB 559 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Baltimore County", "Boundaries", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Places of Worship", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kasemeyer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80792c6f-a675-4c2b-976d-a31f1c29db35"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB559&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "5c36a4780d754a1f2bb7fc769ea7c8e093b8bf741ba7b566a34f2ffe611cb655"
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 559 (2017) — Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of Licenses Near Places of Worship

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0559f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kasemeyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {454236/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Passed (138-2) `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 664 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80792c6f-a675-4c2b-976d-a31f1c29db35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).