---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allegany and Garrett Counties – Alcoholic Beverages – Gift Basket Permits"
description: "Allegany and Garrett Counties – Alcoholic Beverages – Gift Basket Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "Maryland SB 731 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e1f88e-98ff-49ed-865f-caea79dd14bb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0731?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a569854a530b6f24c68fa1e3b8bdbb0573a0f630579818eb5c41276cabb7cae"
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 731 (2021) — Allegany and Garrett Counties – Alcoholic Beverages – Gift Basket Permits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Allegany and Garrett Counties – Alcoholic Beverages – Gift Basket Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_542_sb0731t.pdf)
2. **First - Allegany and Garrett Counties – Alcoholic Beverages – Gift Basket Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0731f.pdf)
3. **Third - Allegany and Garrett Counties – Alcoholic Beverages – Gift Basket Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0731t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 542 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7e1f88e-98ff-49ed-865f-caea79dd14bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).