---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale"
description: "Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Maryland SB 238 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a2d7c1-9abf-4bf1-8100-6c2d17b5c92e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0238?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c34edd4a6b1a7fa9c1b6d01d881b2475588a55fe3a6772d37ec55c244c336eca"
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 238 (2020) — Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_259_sb0238t.pdf)
2. **First - Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0238f.pdf)
3. **Third - Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0238t.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 238 SB 239 SB 328 SB 375 SB 376 SB 379 SB 382 SB 384 SB 496 SB 503 SB 792 SB 1046 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 259 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88a2d7c1-9abf-4bf1-8100-6c2d17b5c92e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).