---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption"
description: "Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Maryland SB 72 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-08"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/998b223d-a1b3-4cd0-a675-0836e55b6420"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0072?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "739a539b224836ec5914c2fed0a7ff00d37ec5d49f9b36aeab2820d51bbc65b2"
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 72 (2026) — Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_816_sb0072t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0072f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0072t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 72 SB 398 SB 399 SB 400 SB 414 SB 442 SB 684 — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** 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 Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 816 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/998b223d-a1b3-4cd0-a675-0836e55b6420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).