---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages – Manufacturer’s Licenses and Off–Site Permits"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages – Manufacturer’s Licenses and Off–Site Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 448"
citation: "Maryland SB 448 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gile", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c26f7f-1bc1-4d80-848c-ed4a91985e55"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0448?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a359d33bc84c75a72797789b6985548cad9130eee369d74e424e26e1343c9fe5"
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 448 (2023) — Alcoholic Beverages – Manufacturer’s Licenses and Off–Site Permits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcoholic Beverages – Manufacturer’s Licenses and Off–Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_594_sb0448e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Alcoholic Beverages – Manufacturer’s Licenses and Off–Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0448e.pdf)
3. **First - Alcoholic Beverages – Manufacturer’s Licenses and Off–Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0448f.pdf)
4. **Third - Alcoholic Beverages – Manufacturer’s Licenses and Off–Site Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0448t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2023-04-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Gile, Klausmeier and Mautz)
- **2023-04-10** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2023-04-10** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Gile, Klausmeier and Mautz)
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Recede
- **2023-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Valderrama, Harrison and Qi)
- **2023-04-10** House Refuses Recede
- **2023-04-10** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Valderrama, Harrison and Qi)
- **2023-04-10** Conference Committee Report {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Conference Committee Report {
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 594 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1c26f7f-1bc1-4d80-848c-ed4a91985e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).