---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Nonprofit Organizations"
description: "Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Nonprofit Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Maryland SB 9 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-12"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3710e1-c3a4-4e37-8861-25cfc29e5a0a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0009?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1724c2a4a08b739160cd2ecec40308555e728ecf869862526acfc4ca858b4654"
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 9 (2024) — Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Nonprofit Organizations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Nonprofit Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_995_sb0009t.pdf)
2. **First - Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Nonprofit Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0009f.pdf)
3. **Third - Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Nonprofit Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0009t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-12** 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.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** 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 995 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d3710e1-c3a4-4e37-8861-25cfc29e5a0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).