---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-D-7 License"
description: "Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-D-7 License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 868"
citation: "Maryland HB 868 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c370ac2-7fbb-44c3-a758-42a98f2fea5d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0868?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ea8d92c59282f40695b484c59e93d8c772db1f256f07f54cead9b8b1271da2ee"
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 868 (2021) — Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-D-7 License

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-D-7 License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_553_hb0868t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-D-7 License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0868f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-D-7 License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0868t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 553 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c370ac2-7fbb-44c3-a758-42a98f2fea5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).