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IntroducedFeb 05, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 23, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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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
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 623
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Sponsors
Votes
YES: 96
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Taveras
- Adams
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taylor
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Toles
- Alston
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rogers
- Turner
- Amprey
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lewis
- Ross
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Behler
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Williams
- Buckel
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simpson
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Smith
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Odom
- Solomon
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Jacobs
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crosby
NO: 37
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Watson) Adopted
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Favorable with Amendments {563122/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (96-37)
- 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
- Amendments {563122/1 Adopted (House)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - FinancePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- 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
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Hale, Laura (American Heart Association)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Casper, Aleks
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Kilpatrick, Lance (ACS-CAN)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Gupta, Rahul
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Singh, Raj (Tinder Box Waldorf)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Helmuth, Finnie (The Humidour Cigar Shoppe)
- GVC Testimony, INFO -- Lynch, Meghan (Maryland Department of Health)
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Debnam, Charles (African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council)
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