---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition"
description: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 855"
citation: "Maryland SB 855 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcdf43fd-643f-450e-97ce-d5263e2e052b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0855?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5abb38c16bc54e82d4bc9940069ba4d50a94c6e79875d536ca36f5440407d498"
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 855 (2021) — Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_534_sb0855t.pdf)
2. **First - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0855f.pdf)
3. **Third - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0855t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 855 SB 38 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 534 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcdf43fd-643f-450e-97ce-d5263e2e052b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).