---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Reissuance of Licenses (Community Liquor Empowerment Act of 2018)"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Reissuance of Licenses (Community Liquor Empowerment Act of 2018)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 905"
citation: "Maryland HB 905 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Baltimore City", "Boundaries", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Penalties and Sentences", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ali"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e528b6d7-74ce-41fd-8051-aafdffd67982"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB905&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "175747f920aa0621f391ecd648ceba798733eb156f74d86b0e3de4bac23325ba"
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 905 (2018) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Reissuance of Licenses (Community Liquor Empowerment Act of 2018)

## 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/hb0905t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ali — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable with Amendments {573891/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-04** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 231 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e528b6d7-74ce-41fd-8051-aafdffd67982`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).