---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Venue Beer, Wine, and Liquor License"
description: "Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Venue Beer, Wine, and Liquor License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 802"
citation: "Maryland SB 802 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorchester County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b852dcd-3ba3-4aad-9368-6407d6761e05"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0802?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d18b09b8e86ec97df211034206712893ca78aff240b79c92559464d87a1967b3"
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 802 (2025) — Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Venue Beer, Wine, and Liquor License

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Venue Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_821_sb0802t.pdf)
2. **First - Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Venue Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0802f.pdf)
3. **Third - Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages - Venue Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0802t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorchester County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 821 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b852dcd-3ba3-4aad-9368-6407d6761e05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).