---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Alcohol Awareness"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Alcohol Awareness"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 459"
citation: "Maryland HB 459 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages - Local Bills", "Alcoholic Beverages - By Subdivision", "Anne Arundel County", "Certifications", "Education", "Fines", "Penalties and Sentences", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/217fb234-288c-47bb-886e-91025c8f28b8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB459&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "e62e75e865b8c205213d8b06a66d46407587966beb9f1485b7ad6efecb9fd9ef"
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 459 (2019) — Anne Arundel County - Alcohol Awareness

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0459f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- No motion given — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {423298/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 69 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/217fb234-288c-47bb-886e-91025c8f28b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).