---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements"
description: "Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "Maryland SB 304 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f377f316-3cd6-41b7-9fcc-214d64f87218"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0304?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d797e5e72ed97587dcf2a6d810c756ea052aecb2b26ebe71751213fa64dde281"
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 304 (2023) — Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_416_sb0304t.pdf)
2. **First - Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0304f.pdf)
3. **Third - Carroll County – Alcoholic Beverages – Modification of Seating Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0304t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f377f316-3cd6-41b7-9fcc-214d64f87218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).