---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alteration of License Quota"
description: "Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alteration of License Quota"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "Maryland SB 897 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecil County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a4b7585-f374-49f8-b73d-6a1b839ab86f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0897?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "abeb1c2d2d115fc38e8d9a84183af7f5e18cba439a00fa93e2f1b383d0304062"
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 897 (2026) — Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alteration of License Quota

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alteration of License Quota** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_826_sb0897t.pdf)
2. **First - Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alteration of License Quota** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0897f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Alteration of License Quota** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0897t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cecil County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** 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/0a4b7585-f374-49f8-b73d-6a1b839ab86f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).