---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne's County - Alcohol Awareness Program"
description: "Queen Anne's County - Alcohol Awareness Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Maryland SB 427 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Education", "Fines", "Penalties and Sentences", "Queen Anne's County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3788bcc-e526-4d7c-b2ca-92fd06601a9d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB427&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "a8e9786a3f729ea4cc699b01a39baef050f93bbcdd39f18f3842acf59517cefb"
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 427 (2019) — Queen Anne's County - Alcohol Awareness Program

## 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/sb0427f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-08** Third Reading Passed (44-1) `passage`
- **2019-03-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 57 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3788bcc-e526-4d7c-b2ca-92fd06601a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).