---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Sale of Powdered Alcohol - Prohibition"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Sale of Powdered Alcohol - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Maryland SB 253 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Crimes and Punishments", "Dealers", "Drugs", "Fines", "Penalties and Sentences", "Sunset", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9999bc41-7239-4cd3-8a56-8e30578fc52c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB253&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "38ab64dd61edb1399094990d264cd634c61abc8d9cb273cacf3aa5b60f4ab769"
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 253 (2018) — Alcoholic Beverages - Sale of Powdered Alcohol - Prohibition

## 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/sb/sb0253f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **109–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Favorable with Amendments {614334/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-02** Third Reading Passed (42-2) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-22** Third Reading Passed (109-26) `passage`
- **2018-03-23** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 224 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9999bc41-7239-4cd3-8a56-8e30578fc52c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).