---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspector"
description: "Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspector"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 974"
citation: "Maryland SB 974 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caroline County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-14"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c96fa2b-e99f-43c5-8188-559214e32adb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0974?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "263a9fd84cb6c0885b792ed3d5b63acafceecd44019d56ee324b1d2c4913ee5b"
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 974 (2026) — Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspector

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspector** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_833_sb0974t.pdf)
2. **First - Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspector** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0974f.pdf)
3. **Third - Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Inspector** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0974t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caroline County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-14** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rereferred to Finance
- **2026-03-06** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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 833 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c96fa2b-e99f-43c5-8188-559214e32adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).