---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – License Issuance, Transfer, and Expiration"
description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – License Issuance, Transfer, and Expiration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "Maryland SB 616 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Baltimore City", "Boundaries", "Emergency Bills", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a228de-a1df-4869-8f28-7246d29808a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB616&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "613a381d8a2bc2a721612f2beb3bfd95b82aae289d0f5b2212cf6558a21b5b64"
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 616 (2018) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – License Issuance, Transfer, and Expiration

## 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/sb0616f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2018-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {363296/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-2) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 713 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a228de-a1df-4869-8f28-7246d29808a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).