---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A-7 Licenses"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A-7 Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Maryland HB 251 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e8d3fa6-0fc3-4b9b-87df-5ad64713a701"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0251?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0e85e8ea4814469e373a9c21aa28e89301db728b5cec82d7e8d73830e7ef3e11"
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 251 (2023) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A-7 Licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A-7 Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_757_hb0251t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A-7 Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0251f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Class A-7 Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0251t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 757 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e8d3fa6-0fc3-4b9b-87df-5ad64713a701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).