---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Violation Procedures and Fines"
description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Violation Procedures and Fines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 847"
citation: "Maryland SB 847 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb9482a4-5dc0-4fec-b8e5-3751bd019dae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0847?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a82d7556ca694176f44a629ef3284e2c8092028e09cb60824c357d73700573f"
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 847 (2023) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Violation Procedures and Fines

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Violation Procedures and Fines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_393_sb0847t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Violation Procedures and Fines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0847f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Violation Procedures and Fines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0847t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 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 393 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb9482a4-5dc0-4fec-b8e5-3751bd019dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).