---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - Beer Franchise Agreements - Notice of Nonrenewal or Termination"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - Beer Franchise Agreements - Notice of Nonrenewal or Termination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "Maryland HB 1080 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages Distribution", "Alcoholic Beverages Manufacturing", "Arbitration", "Franchises", "Notices", "Prices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krimm"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a68bca5b-f970-4f10-a117-a8a46422ef88"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1080&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "0e0051ff10346287a7d774f04f0d0f4fd9d831bc8bbc90fbd546bd0242abb43e"
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 1080 (2019) — Alcoholic Beverages - Beer Franchise Agreements - Notice of Nonrenewal or Termination

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1080f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krimm — primary (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
- Corderman — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Qi — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-11** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {813395/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Floor Amendment {363323/1 (Delegate D.E. Davis) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-25** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a68bca5b-f970-4f10-a117-a8a46422ef88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).