---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - On-Sales - Required Multiple Purchases"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - On-Sales - Required Multiple Purchases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 185"
citation: "Maryland HB 185 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Branch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d2ebe8-688d-48ad-ac00-fad03e4a10cc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0185?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1e25a0521780fa4635ef27924fd66b9544a1fc0d225e2644f14aeabd64130bfc"
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 185 (2021) — Alcoholic Beverages - On-Sales - Required Multiple Purchases

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcoholic Beverages - On-Sales - Required Multiple Purchases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_527_hb0185t.pdf)
2. **First - Alcoholic Beverages - On-Sales - Required Multiple Purchases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0185f.pdf)
3. **Third - Alcoholic Beverages - On-Sales - Required Multiple Purchases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0185t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Branch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-26** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 527 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89d2ebe8-688d-48ad-ac00-fad03e4a10cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).