---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 821"
citation: "Maryland SB 821 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallion", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38b0806e-5967-448c-a20e-3165e426953a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0821?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3358cceb330e5e9bce18f44386b17a894f3f1ba5dc6c922713bcf211bd93b044"
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 821 (2021) — Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_359_sb0821e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0821e.pdf)
3. **First - Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0821f.pdf)
4. **Third - Alcoholic Beverages - Manufacturer's Licenses and Off-Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0821t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallion — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** 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 Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38b0806e-5967-448c-a20e-3165e426953a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).