---
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: "SB 642"
citation: "Maryland SB 642 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferguson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c692b865-2389-43c2-8e54-f11ea02b3109"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0642?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "104041f4ff7d3bfdb374a3a063933d430687244d1ba4c82f65e57250019074dc"
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 642 (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_845_sb0642e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0642e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0642f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0642t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ferguson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 845 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c692b865-2389-43c2-8e54-f11ea02b3109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).