# State Government (GSG)

## Title 20. Human Relations

### Subtitle 3. Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation

#### Section 20-301

In this subtitle, "place of public accommodation" means:

(1) an inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests;

(2) a restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food or alcoholic beverages for consumption on or off the premises, including a facility located on the premises of a retail establishment or gasoline station;

(3) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium, or other place of exhibition or entertainment;

(4) a retail establishment that:

  (i) is operated by a public or private entity; and

  (ii) offers goods, services, entertainment, recreation, or transportation; or

(5) an establishment:

  (i)

    (1) that is physically located within the premises of any other establishment covered by this subtitle; or

    (2) within the premises of which any other establishment covered by this subtitle is physically located; and

  (ii) that holds itself out as serving patrons of the covered establishment.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)