---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses"
description: "Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 954"
citation: "Maryland HB 954 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Branch", "Bridges", "Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf803ac-9b49-426c-a480-768fc01965f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0954?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "01dc82f2e4fa6ca1eefad7d8092418410073b5aa07f31046d31ce97f094a82c4"
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 954 (2020) — Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_389_hb0954e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B and Class C Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0954e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Exchange of Class B Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0954f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City - 45th District - Alcoholic Beverages - Exchange of Class B Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0954t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Branch — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator McCray) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator McCray) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 389 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaf803ac-9b49-426c-a480-768fc01965f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).