---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "Maryland SB 304 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35fa7bc-d5b4-4225-b36e-241bb2524451"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0304?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b3e55e0f38a320ae4d78eae21e6cfaf01370285d708c89b1acf511a9823a8873"
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 304 (2025) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_808_sb0304t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0304f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0304t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 808 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e35fa7bc-d5b4-4225-b36e-241bb2524451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).