---
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: "SB 205"
citation: "Maryland SB 205 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-11-01"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9efbb3ed-cda9-4f93-a0c9-d21a2eaa9227"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0205?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "55b4f6f4a191fb9533948069fae732a0aeddfe202ad72c14b8df600c0c1146ff"
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 205 (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_141_sb0205e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0205e.pdf)
3. **First - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0205f.pdf)
4. **Third - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0205t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **134–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Rosapepe) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Rosapepe) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Rosapepe) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-02** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Simonaire, Pinsky and Washington)
- **2021-04-05** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2021-04-05** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2021-04-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Simonaire, Pinsky and Washington)
- **2021-04-05** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates D.E. Davis, T. Branch and C. Watson)
- **2021-04-05** House Refuses Recede
- **2021-04-05** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates D.E. Davis, T. Branch and C. Watson)
- **2021-04-12** Conference Committee Report {
- **2021-04-12** 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 141 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9efbb3ed-cda9-4f93-a0c9-d21a2eaa9227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).