---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages License - Suspension Based on Unpaid Personal Property Tax"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages License - Suspension Based on Unpaid Personal Property Tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 789"
citation: "Maryland HB 789 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Baltimore City", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Personal Property", "Property Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baltimore City Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cdbf12c-5e5f-444a-a783-e19535b3626b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB789&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "c14d3b66b274a0d8eeb8fbc431733ad76e9c56d2e38ead545ec8a9833464dd27"
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 789 (2018) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages License - Suspension Based on Unpaid Personal Property Tax

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0789f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baltimore City Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cdbf12c-5e5f-444a-a783-e19535b3626b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).