---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Class B Licenses"
description: "Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Class B Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 965"
citation: "Maryland SB 965 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cc99b14-7bfe-4a45-a907-bacdb9b1b3b8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0965?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3bbda84fa859d5af546125d1e8669d63a60d949c76e44df2c97d1a6a191ce811"
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 965 (2022) — Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Class B Licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Class B Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_776_sb0965t.pdf)
2. **First - Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Class B Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0965f.pdf)
3. **Third - Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Class B Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0965t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2022-03-07** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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 776 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cc99b14-7bfe-4a45-a907-bacdb9b1b3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).