---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - B-D-7 Licenses - Hours of Sale"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - B-D-7 Licenses - Hours of Sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Maryland SB 45 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-03"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98e0680-c03b-4dcd-9dea-9f1a23bcfb64"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0045?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b4f94faa7c9e84034e2f8c4892984c84bfed5092e6ce434ebc8faff2c399e9b"
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 45 (2024) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - B-D-7 Licenses - Hours of Sale

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - B-D-7 Licenses - Hours of Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_997_sb0045t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - B-D-7 Licenses - Hours of Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0045f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - B-D-7 Licenses - Hours of Sale** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0045t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-14** Hearing 2/23 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 997 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98e0680-c03b-4dcd-9dea-9f1a23bcfb64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).