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IntroducedFeb 05, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 23, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Tobacconist Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 26, 2026: Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 623
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
Actions
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments {493820/1 Adopted
- Floor Amendment {133629/1 (Senator Hester)
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Hayes) Adopted
- Floor Amendment {133629/1 (Senator Hester) Adopted
- Floor Amendment {553520/1 (Senator Jackson)
- Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hershey) Rejected
- Floor Amendment {553520/1 (Senator Jackson) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (40-2)
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Finance
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Retail Tobacco Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)PDF
- Amendments {493820/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {133629/1 (Senator Hester) (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {553520/1 (Senator Jackson) (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Tobacconist Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Video: FinanceHTML
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bohle, Matthew (RWL)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Hale, Laura (American Heart Association)
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Moritz, Heather (MD Conference of Environmental Directors & MACHO)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Feeley, Kathryn (Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Kennedy, Anita (National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Casper, Aleks
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Debnam, Charles (African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council)
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- Garrison, Andrew (Maryland Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission)
- FIN Testimony, INFO -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- FIN Testimony, UNF -- Thompson, Melvin (Restaurant Association of Maryland)
- FIN In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Wise, Steve
- FIN Testimony, FWA -- Watson, Senator
- FIN Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All


