---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Distance Restrictions, Extension Fee, and Class D License"
description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Distance Restrictions, Extension Fee, and Class D License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 924"
citation: "Maryland HB 924 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger", "Lierman", "R. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a940fb3-d468-4165-8d8a-35ad0b829c26"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0924?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fb6cb82b92c5cb63003ee69219d3164681b64802b1852534250fee13f78f44c4"
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 924 (2020) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Distance Restrictions, Extension Fee, and Class D License

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Distance Restrictions, Extension Fee, and Class D License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_372_hb0924t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Distance Restrictions, Extension Fee, and Class D License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0924f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Distance Restrictions, Extension Fee, and Class D License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0924t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 372 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a940fb3-d468-4165-8d8a-35ad0b829c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).