---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Club Public Event Permit"
description: "City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Club Public Event Permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 503"
citation: "Maryland SB 503 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5ec3d6f-6bfc-4511-ad29-2f1170990d73"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0503?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ce4be40c595921bb93914f8270151c112cd4cc1c6c6406934945f14ff6147ade"
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 503 (2020) — City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Club Public Event Permit

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Club Public Event Permit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_339_sb0503t.pdf)
2. **First - City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Club Public Event Permit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0503f.pdf)
3. **Third - City of Annapolis - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Club Public Event Permit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0503t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** 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 339 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5ec3d6f-6bfc-4511-ad29-2f1170990d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).