---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications"
description: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 340"
citation: "Maryland SB 340 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46cd3d23-6a5c-4f83-b583-05b44e1d1e99"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0340?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "04af2af826599960f14c6aaafe54bdd9a7acea197ae5f8a897b7c3ba8e8378b6"
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 340 (2022) — Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_774_sb0340t.pdf)
2. **First - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0340f.pdf)
3. **Third - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0340t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 340 SB 445 SB 481 SB 482 SB 495 SB 648 SB 650 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 774 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46cd3d23-6a5c-4f83-b583-05b44e1d1e99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).