Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale for Off-Premises Consumption

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HOUSE BILL 121
A2 6lr0803
HB 770/25 – ECM (PRE–FILED) CF SB 72
By: Delegates Szeliga and Nawrocki Baltimore County Delegation
Requested: September 8, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted with floor amendments
Read second time: March 9, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Baltimore County – Alcoholic Beverages – Sale for Off–Premises Consumption 2

FOR the purpose of providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses 3
to sell alcoholic beverages for off–premises consumption in a certain manner applies 4
only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain 5
regulations; authorizing the holders of certain licenses in Baltimore County that 6
authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages at a restaurant or bar to sell certain 7
alcoholic beverages for off –premises consumption under certain circumstances; 8
prohibiting the Board from charging a certain license holder an additional fee under 9
certain circumstances; authorizing a local licensing board to limit the quantity of 10
alcoholic beverages sold to an individual in a single transaction; and generally 11
relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages at restaurants and bars in Baltimore 12
County. 13

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 14
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 15
Section 13–102 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18

BY adding to 19
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 20
Section 13–1104 21
Annotated Code of Maryland 22
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(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 1

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 2
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 3

Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 4

13–102. 5

This title applies only in Baltimore County. 6

13–1104. 7

(A) (1) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IF THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED 8
REGULATIONS TO AUTHO RIZE THE SALE OF ALC OHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR 9
OFF–PREMISES CONSUMPTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. 10

(2) IN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO ADOPT REGULATIONS UNDER THIS 11
SECTION, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE SALE 12
OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR OFF–PREMISES CONSUMPTION. 13

(B) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLI ES ONLY TO A CLASS B OR CLASS D 14
LICENSE THAT AUTHORI ZES THE SALE OF ALCO HOLIC BEVERAGES FOR 15
ON–PREMISES AND OFF–PREMISES CONSUMPTION AT A RESTAURANT OR BAR. 16

(2) A LICENSE HOLDER UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY OBTAIN A 17
PERMIT FROM THE BOARD THAT AUTHORIZES THE HOLDER TO SELL, IF 18
AUTHORIZED UNDER THE HOLDER’S LICENSE , MIXED DRINKS OR COCK TAILS IN 19
SEALED OR CLOSED CONTAINERS FOR OFF–PREMISES CONSUMPTION IF: 20

(I) THE MIXED DRINK OR C OCKTAIL IS PURCHASED ALONG 21
WITH PREPARED FOOD OTHER THAN PREPACKAGED SNACKS; 22

(II) THE INDIVIDUAL PURCH ASING THE MIXED DRIN K OR 23
COCKTAIL: 24

1. IS AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD; AND 25

2. PROVIDES VALID IDENTIFICATION AS PROOF OF AGE; 26
AND 27

(III) EACH MIXED DRINK OR COCKTAIL SOLD FOR OFF–PREMISES 28
CONSUMPTION IS: 29

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1. PROVIDED IN THE MANU FACTURER’S ORIGINAL 1
SEALED CONTAINER OR IN A CONTAINER CLOSED WITH A CAP, CORK, SEAL, OR LID 2
WITH NO HOLES FOR STRAWS OR SIPPING; AND 3

2. SOLD NOT LATER THAN 11 P.M. 4

(C) THE BOARD: 5

(1) MAY NOT CHARGE A LIC ENSE HOLDER AN ADDIT IONAL FEE FOR 6
SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION; AND 7

(2) MAY LIMIT THE QUANTITY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT MAY 8
BE SOLD UNDER THIS SECTION TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN A SINGLE TRANSACTION. 9

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 10
1, 2026. 11

Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.