---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Durational Residency Requirements"
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Durational Residency Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 902"
citation: "Maryland HB 902 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dumais"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4113f368-db6e-403a-80b5-e97430adbf11"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0902?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "65107ac155e8e181ea8652c4b93f39b0f605f3c6fe40c199ae204267813650cb"
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 902 (2020) — Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Durational Residency Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Durational Residency Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_462_hb0902t.pdf)
2. **First - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Durational Residency Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0902f.pdf)
3. **Third - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Durational Residency Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0902t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dumais — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 462 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4113f368-db6e-403a-80b5-e97430adbf11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).