---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study"
description: "Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Maryland SB 72 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-01"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dee449d-1605-4c12-8efa-0c29f0503b87"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0072?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "67182de1eaab50695518b6c69912e54ec6e5bd89dc1810c026922230fb082cca"
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 72 (2022) — Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_750_sb0072t.pdf)
2. **First - Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0072f.pdf)
3. **Third - Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0072t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** 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 750 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dee449d-1605-4c12-8efa-0c29f0503b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).