---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Hours of Sale"
description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Hours of Sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 256"
citation: "Maryland HB 256 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Bridges", "Rosenberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-17"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e62fd6a-3b3f-4c81-adfb-2d610d6367c4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0256?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c09bff30bac346564a1deb149101ff6580fe36409c602f0f0b032a2dadd12bc6"
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 256 (2021) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Hours of Sale

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Hours of Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_528_hb0256t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Hours of Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0256f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Hours of Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0256t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 256 HB 428 HB 430 HB 432 HB 529 HB 555 HB 814 HB 883 HB 1151 HB 1191 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-08** 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
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 528 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e62fd6a-3b3f-4c81-adfb-2d610d6367c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).