---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Board of License Commissioners - Licensee Hours of Operation and Enforcement"
description: "Baltimore City - Board of License Commissioners - Licensee Hours of Operation and Enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Maryland SB 222 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferguson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69233d28-8771-4e72-935a-1ce58545b913"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0222?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "54e2c8bbc0cca184dfb37e84d80e22c129870c006240014445ab561d7794cc26"
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 222 (2022) — Baltimore City - Board of License Commissioners - Licensee Hours of Operation and Enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Board of License Commissioners - Licensee Hours of Operation and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_36_sb0222t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Board of License Commissioners - Licensee Hours of Operation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0222f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Board of License Commissioners - Licensee Hours of Operation and Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0222t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ferguson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 36 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69233d28-8771-4e72-935a-1ce58545b913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).