---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure"
description: "Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Maryland SB 279 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d7eedf-027c-4180-b307-9fbaae9dbf64"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0279?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "725e0abdee271de43d5ee9e6598bf2ec1df3a2dae72ecb687425c22e999cad11"
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 279 (2026) — Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_387_sb0279t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Laws Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0279f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Enforcement and Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0279t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **95–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-11** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 387 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d7eedf-027c-4180-b307-9fbaae9dbf64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).