---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages – Class 6 Limited Wine Wholesaler’s License – Production Amounts and Sales"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages – Class 6 Limited Wine Wholesaler’s License – Production Amounts and Sales"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 896"
citation: "Maryland HB 896 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Commerce and Business", "Industry and Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barkley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e2fcc93-1c82-42fd-bc26-9efffca7ef57"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB896&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4d60e348c66656b10cde794bfaa8494ceda64b25663dfbf212913cd3d4c2a7af"
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 896 (2018) — Alcoholic Beverages – Class 6 Limited Wine Wholesaler’s License – Production Amounts and Sales

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0896f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barkley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {233890/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (136-2) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 300 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e2fcc93-1c82-42fd-bc26-9efffca7ef57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).