---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Unpackaged Cigarettes - Prohibition on Sale"
description: "Baltimore City - Unpackaged Cigarettes - Prohibition on Sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "Maryland SB 310 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Baltimore City", "Cigarettes", "Citations", "Comptroller", "Health", "Department of", "Retail Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/966bc266-f7c7-4f78-a9bd-62a508b6b7a7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB310&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "41be20eead859f6bbf35fedbb591a43692dd67e0c5b60b93118b28f0382b83c7"
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 310 (2019) — Baltimore City - Unpackaged Cigarettes - Prohibition on Sale

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0310f.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **120–10** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Bromwell) Adopted (120-10)
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/966bc266-f7c7-4f78-a9bd-62a508b6b7a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).