---
type: "Bill"
title: "Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2020"
description: "Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2020"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 643"
citation: "Maryland SB 643 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/358a8d5b-3fb9-4fa9-a1cf-784797821b2d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0643?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "35cd3429793e86051af82872eb4ac4381c92d9c95f0ba03ec95737cb083fc793"
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 643 (2020) — Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2020

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_573_sb0643t.pdf)
2. **First - Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0643f.pdf)
3. **Third - Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0643t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** 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 573 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/358a8d5b-3fb9-4fa9-a1cf-784797821b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).