MD SB542 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 24 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to contract with a third party to conduct a study of the structure and composition of the distribution and retail sector of the alcoholic beverages industry in the State and to make recommendations on identifying and eliminating barriers to minority participation in that industry; and requiring the Office to submit its report and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026.
Title
Alcoholic Beverages Industry - Study
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-24 | Senate | First Reading Finance |
Subjects
Administrative Agencies
Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills
Alcoholic Beverages Distribution
Alcoholic Beverages Licenses
Civil Rights and Social Equity
Commerce and Business
Counties
Data
Demographics
Disclosure
Discrimination
disparity
Ethnic Affairs
Historical Matters
Independent Contractors
License Commissioners, Boards of
Minorities
Minority Business Enterprises
Privacy
Racial Matters
Reports
Retail Sales
Small Business
Solicitation
studies
Sunset
Time
Women
Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic Beverages - Statewide Bills
Alcoholic Beverages Distribution
Alcoholic Beverages Licenses
Civil Rights and Social Equity
Commerce and Business
Counties
Data
Demographics
Disclosure
Discrimination
disparity
Ethnic Affairs
Historical Matters
Independent Contractors
License Commissioners, Boards of
Minorities
Minority Business Enterprises
Privacy
Racial Matters
Reports
Retail Sales
Small Business
Solicitation
studies
Sunset
Time
Women
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0542?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0542f.pdf |
