---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages – Use of Alcoholic Beverages for Educational Purposes"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages – Use of Alcoholic Beverages for Educational Purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 987"
citation: "Maryland HB 987 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby", "Valderrama"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1299e03-c4a5-414d-bbca-87619319fcea"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0987?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8468e65d87d227f643dd6e86b2318964f3e736e922b0f18886281c711edff130"
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 987 (2023) — Alcoholic Beverages – Use of Alcoholic Beverages for Educational Purposes

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcoholic Beverages – Use of Alcoholic Beverages for Educational Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_63_hb0987t.pdf)
2. **First - Alcoholic Beverages – Use of Alcoholic Beverages for Educational Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0987f.pdf)
3. **Third - Alcoholic Beverages – Use of Alcoholic Beverages for Educational Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0987t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crosby — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 63 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1299e03-c4a5-414d-bbca-87619319fcea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).