---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Consumption MC 09-20"
description: "Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Consumption MC 09-20"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "Maryland HB 298 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/975f4e45-a60d-4944-ba18-a071d23f1f97"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0298?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3d16fef319ebc41833e31909cb6fba0f68d2133ea180f6d250f584b371dfbb59"
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 298 (2020) — Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Consumption MC 09-20

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Consumption MC 09-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_157_hb0298t.pdf)
2. **First - Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Consumption MC 09-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0298f.pdf)
3. **Third - Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hours of Consumption MC 09-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0298t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 298 HB 370 HB 598 HB 599 HB 714 HB 1304 HB 1388 HB 1413 HB 1479 HB 1556 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-03** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 157 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/975f4e45-a60d-4944-ba18-a071d23f1f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).