---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Applications for Licenses and Transfers"
description: "Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Applications for Licenses and Transfers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 901"
citation: "Maryland HB 901 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages Licenses", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Corporations", "Harford County", "Limited Liability Companies", "Residency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harford County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c94eea25-0d6c-4002-8ea2-a303a70d549c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB901&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "dace589007197f839f9a71fd0e1bd9b7e288d9341163406e1b5f38303a385489"
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 901 (2018) — Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Applications for Licenses and Transfers

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0901f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harford County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {263997/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-09** Third Reading Passed (122-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 135 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c94eea25-0d6c-4002-8ea2-a303a70d549c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).