---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Clarifications"
description: "Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Clarifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1253"
citation: "Maryland HB 1253 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61b6c667-0af5-4d5f-bb23-ca8d6a14dcc9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1253?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9039f38bd9f335f1b4ce20458718239f2a149dea52b2e8e786c9b4499be3a131"
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 HB 1253 (2022) — Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Clarifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Clarifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_743_hb1253t.pdf)
2. **First - Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Clarifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1253f.pdf)
3. **Third - Alcohol and Tobacco Commission - Clarifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1253t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-07** Motion Special Order until 4/11 (Senator Young) Adopted
- **2022-04-08** Motion Reconsider Special Order (Senator Young) Adopted
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 743 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61b6c667-0af5-4d5f-bb23-ca8d6a14dcc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).