---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 40th Alcoholic Beverages District"
description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 40th Alcoholic Beverages District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "Maryland HB 1221 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amprey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbf34389-8376-47f1-9359-117e6382bc8f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1221?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6287bf0db84547b12b90337de0b0612cdd169e81fe400251450a85e40f85523"
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 1221 (2022) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 40th Alcoholic Beverages District

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 40th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_374_hb1221t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 40th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1221f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 40th Alcoholic Beverages District** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1221t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amprey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Motion Special Order until 4/5 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 374 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbf34389-8376-47f1-9359-117e6382bc8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).