---
type: "Bill"
title: "Brewery Modernization Act of 2019"
description: "Brewery Modernization Act of 2019"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 801"
citation: "Maryland SB 801 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills", "Agriculture", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages Distribution", "Alcoholic Beverages Manufacturing", "Beverage Containers", "Comptroller", "License Commissioners", "Boards of", "Notices", "Reports", "Retail Sales", "Storage", "Time", "Weights and Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce27958f-1017-4ce9-8b6f-c6e07bfba235"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB801&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "6109119f4102e124d19e06a2622b1eb41fe63457db2eb6f83a83bd409a45d6a4"
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 801 (2019) — Brewery Modernization Act of 2019

## 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/sb/sb0801f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Washington — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable with Amendments {564638/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (44-1) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2019-04-06** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce27958f-1017-4ce9-8b6f-c6e07bfba235`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).