---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Maryland HB 12 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Watson", "Jackson", "Kerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a71e2328-acf9-4fc5-bb2a-29a76dbc2fac"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0012?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "263633bf456ebcf540bec00a0aeab09892886a9fcf571b8f2dd9df905b49aeec"
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 12 (2021) — Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_140_hb0012e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0012e.pdf)
3. **First - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0012f.pdf)
4. **Third - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0012t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **128–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Watson — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-01** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-01** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates D.E. Davis, T. Branch and C. Watson)
- **2021-04-02** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-02** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-02** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates D.E. Davis, T. Branch and C. Watson)
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Simonaire, Pinsky and Washington)
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Simonaire, Pinsky and Washington)
- **2021-04-10** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a71e2328-acf9-4fc5-bb2a-29a76dbc2fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).