---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Unannounced Visits by Inspectors"
description: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Unannounced Visits by Inspectors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 854"
citation: "Maryland SB 854 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d529e3c8-cf68-4e89-b035-047bc4bba01b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0854?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f62a2deb95f51e33b4f0872ff8c6d7b371e900b3d82ca75dcd49c153956ca2e8"
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 854 (2021) — Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Unannounced Visits by Inspectors

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Unannounced Visits by Inspectors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_536_sb0854t.pdf)
2. **First - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Unannounced Visits by Inspectors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0854f.pdf)
3. **Third - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Unannounced Visits by Inspectors** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0854t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hershey — 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.
- **2021-03-16** 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 536 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d529e3c8-cf68-4e89-b035-047bc4bba01b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).