---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor and Class 9 Limited Distillery Licenses"
description: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor and Class 9 Limited Distillery Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "Maryland HB 47 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Boundaries", "Queen Anne's County", "Retail Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-07-27"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac7af89-ff26-4f94-9aa8-aa48320dbec4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB47&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "bd1c94779c3ddd5673fe30dcf3836a5b3705a023e156cf3ffe148d172b2d3e7f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 47 (2017) — Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor and Class 9 Limited Distillery Licenses

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0047f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-07-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {113891/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-09** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-10** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ac7af89-ff26-4f94-9aa8-aa48320dbec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).