---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 784"
citation: "Maryland HB 784 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger", "Edelson", "R. Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b492f7a3-4f13-45c5-8432-684b3d8c318a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0784?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a4e5c66d418ff6217e0ced495e58e949e4e5627a1b01aaedfb759fec8ea76235"
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 HB 784 (2025) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_813_hb0784e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0784e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0784f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0784t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 813 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b492f7a3-4f13-45c5-8432-684b3d8c318a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).