---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District"
description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 998"
citation: "Maryland HB 998 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaa7cc3c-459b-4f28-b6eb-0cc75bd8a1ad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0998?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "45a215281b8c18000a77db7d5557b5637b259f229af6553f13635920719f5f7e"
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 998 (2026) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_844_hb0998e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0998e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0998f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0998t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 844 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaa7cc3c-459b-4f28-b6eb-0cc75bd8a1ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).