---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study"
description: "Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "Maryland HB 324 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Attar", "Charles", "D. Barnes", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "J. Lewis", "Palakovich Carr", "Patterson", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3af93d6-b2d4-42da-a54a-f61cca107ac4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0324?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "816a313ab0001c8d41bf599ed45bfd2fba7e049d86754de5e3d8654a0148d4b8"
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 324 (2022) — Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_749_hb0324t.pdf)
2. **First - Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0324f.pdf)
3. **Third - Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0324t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Attar — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-08** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 749 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3af93d6-b2d4-42da-a54a-f61cca107ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).