---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extensions"
description: "Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extensions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 1079"
citation: "Maryland SB 1079 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f3f5be1-b034-4e79-a3cb-b23a6cda01e5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb1079?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a10112983f164a4b7c25a1435db497763a1bf54a5380f65a082cf05c44904d7f"
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 1079 (2024) — Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extensions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extensions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_1036_sb1079t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extensions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1079f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extensions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb1079t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-14** Hearing 2/23 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1036 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f3f5be1-b034-4e79-a3cb-b23a6cda01e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).