---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Operation Violations - Civil Penalties"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Operation Violations - Civil Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "Maryland SB 284 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfd088ec-4854-44ed-bb4a-4e52d406a4a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0284?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5b3af05d8b47a962855717a7b23b70221b0db1bc14760fdbb87e96b91acb0ba7"
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 284 (2025) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Operation Violations - Civil Penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Operation Violations - Civil Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_826_sb0284t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Operation Violations - Civil Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0284f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Operation Violations - Civil Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0284t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 284 SB 304 SB 662 SB 731 SB 798 SB 839 SB 869 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 826 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfd088ec-4854-44ed-bb4a-4e52d406a4a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).