Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Alcohol and Tobacco Commission [HB-1052]
Establishing the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission; expressing the legislative intent that the Field Enforcement Division (FED) in the Office of the Comptroller be transferred to the Commission by July 1, 2020; establishing certain powers and duties for the Commission in addition to those transferred from the Comptroller's office; requiring the Commission to conduct certain studies related to the alcohol and tobacco industries and to develop certain best practices; requiring the Governor to appoint an Executive Director of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Warren Miller
Gubernatorial Veto Override - Chapter 12 on 03/28/2019
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Agriculture - Cost-Sharing Program - Sale of Harvested Cover Crops [HB-1050]
Authorizing a person that plants barley, rye, or wheat cover crops as a certain best management practice to sell the harvested cover crop to a certain person that holds a certain alcoholic beverages license and will process the cover crop in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/04/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Brewery Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-1010]
Authorizing the holder of a Class 5 brewery license to brew and bottle malt beverages at a location listed on an individual storage permit; authorizing a local licensing board to conditionally grant an applicant an on-site consumption permit or a Class D beer license that will become effective after the applicant meets certain requirements; authorizing a holder of a micro-brewery license to hold another license; altering the amount of beer that certain manufacturers may sell at retail; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 317 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Cross-References and Corrections [SB-725]
Correcting specified cross-references to the Alcoholic Beverages Article in the Annotated Code of Maryland; and correcting specified errors in the Alcoholic Beverages Article.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/26/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages Article [SB-724]
Adding a new article to the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be designated and known as the "Alcoholic Beverages Article", to revise, restate, and recodify the laws of the State relating to the regulation and control of the manufacture, sale, distribution, transportation, and storage of alcoholic beverages by the State and specified jurisdictions in the State, the establishment of boards of license commissioners in specified jurisdictions, and the establishment of liquor control boards and departments of liquor control; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 41 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Comptroller - Distillery Off-Site Permit and Liquor Festival Permit [SB-630]
Authorizing the Comptroller to grant a distillery off-site permit to a holder of a Class 1 distillery license or a Class 9 limited distillery license for specified purposes under specified circumstances; establishing limitations on the times and locations that distillery off-site permits may be used in a year; requiring the distillery off-site permit holder to notify the Comptroller of the permit holder's intention to attend an event within a time period that the Comptroller determines; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 418 on 05/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Sale of Powdered Alcohol - Prohibition [SB-587]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering to sell alcoholic beverages that are sold in a powder or crystalline form for direct use or use in combination with water or any other substance; and providing a penalty of a maximum fine of $1,000 for violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 564 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Distillery License Holders - Sale of Product to Participants in Guided Tours [SB-410]
Repealing a specified provision of law that limits a distillery license holder selling product and related merchandise to an individual on a guided tour only if the license holder manufactures not more than 27,500 gallons of products annually.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 68 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Auxiliary Winery Permit [SB-1068]
Establishing an auxiliary wine permit; authorizing the Comptroller to issue one permit to a Class 4 limited winery for use at a single location off the licensed premises anywhere in the State; authorizing the holder of the permit to exercise the privileges with specified exceptions that are allowed at the premises for which the holder's Class 4 license is issued; requiring the applicant to submit a completed application form to the Comptroller and pay a $250 annual permit fee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/04/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of Class A Licenses [SB-1064]
Specifying that, with exceptions, not more than one alcoholic beverages license may be issued in one jurisdiction to an individual for the use of an establishment that derives less than 85% of revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages; increasing, subject to specified conditions, the number of Class A licenses that may be issued in the State to any individual for a specified use; requiring a local licensing board to consider specified factors before issuing a specified license; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Warehouse Shopping Clubs - Beer or Wine Licenses [HB-931]
Authorizing a local licensing board to issue a Class A (off-sale) beer license, wine license, or beer and wine license for use in conjunction with or on the premises of specified warehouse shopping clubs; prohibiting a license holder from operating a gasoline service station or allowing a gasoline service station to be operated on specified premises; establishing that a license holder may sell beer or wine only by the case; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/08/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Sale of Powdered Alcohol - Prohibition [HB-749]
Prohibiting a person from selling or offering to sell alcoholic beverages that are sold in a powder or crystalline form for direct use or use in combination with water or any other substance; and providing a maximum fine of $1,000 for violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Recommitted To Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs (senator Conway) on 04/07/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Nonprofit Beer Festival Permit - Revisions [HB-739]
Increasing the number of ounces of beer, from a maximum of 1 fluid ounce to a maximum of 4 fluid ounces, that a nonprofit beer festival permit holder may provide to a consumer under specified circumstances; requiring a person to submit an application for a specified nonprofit beer festival permit to the Comptroller instead of a local licensing board; and requiring a person to provide the Comptroller instead of a local licensing board with a list of specified brewing company off-site permit holders that will attend a specified festival.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 628 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Multiple Manufacturer's Licenses - Sampling, Sale, and Consumption of Products [HB-733]
Authorizing the holder of multiple alcoholic beverage manufacturer's licenses to allow the sampling, sale, and consumption of products produced under the licenses at each of the licensed premises, subject to a specified restriction; repealing specified provisions of law that prohibit holders of specified manufacturer's licenses from selling or allowing to be consumed specified products; authorizing the holder of a farm brewery license to apply for and obtain, under a different name, additional licenses for specified premises; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 627 on 05/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Class 1 Distillery Licenses [HB-616]
Allowing the holder of a Class 1 distillery license to establish and operate a plant for distilling, rectifying, blending, and bottling specified alcoholic beverages at the location described in the license; allowing the license holder to acquire alcoholic beverages from a holder of any manufacturer's license, wholesaler's license, or a holder of a nonresident dealer's permit; authorizing the license holder to serve at no cost or for a fee specified product samples to specified individuals who have participated in a guided tour; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Senators Conway, Zucker, And Young on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Distribution and Sales Tax Revenues [HB-598]
Authorizing the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control to authorize the wholesale distribution of beer in the county to a person who purchases a franchise interest from the county; authorizing the Department to sell its interest in a dispensary to a person who holds or is eligible to hold a specified license; requiring the purchase to be by public auction; prohibiting the Department from selling its interest in more than a 25 dispensaries, and many not convey more than one dispensary location to any person; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/14/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Distillery License Holders - Sale of Product to Participants in Guided Tours [HB-550]
Repealing a specified provision of law that limits a distillery license holder to selling product and related merchandise to an individual on a guided tour only if the license holder manufactures not more than 27,500 gallons of products annually.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Auxiliary Winery Permit [HB-520]
Establishing an auxiliary wine permit; authorizing the Comptroller to issue the permit to a Class 4 limited winery for use at a location off the licensed premises anywhere in the State; providing that there is no limit as to the number of permits that may be issued to a single applicant; authorizing the holder of the permit to exercise the privileges with specified exceptions that are allowed at the premises for which the holder's Class 4 license is issued; providing for a $250 annual permit fee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - On-Premises Promotions and Product Sampling - Holders of Manufacturer's Licenses [HB-370]
Altering a specified exception to allow a holder of any Maryland manufacturer's license to bring specified products onto a retail licensed premises for on-premises promotions and product sampling under specified circumstances; and making an exception to a provision of law that prohibits an individual from consuming on the licensed premises of a license holder a specified alcoholic beverage.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Barkley
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of Class A Licenses [HB-1366]
Clarifying that, with a specified exception, not more than one license may be issued in a single jurisdiction to an individual; and increasing, subject to specified conditions, to two the number of Class A alcoholic beverages licenses that may be issued in the State to an individual for a specified use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2016