---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition"
description: "Queen Anne’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 323"
citation: "Maryland HB 323 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-10-27"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a7a05d3-d5c5-4c48-bac0-8ba9adda9b1c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0323?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c4c81334b79e0bc76212f108913e0257d960de592d0833b8f165eb1e5e6b3ece"
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 323 (2021) — Queen Anne’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Queen Anne’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_533_hb0323t.pdf)
2. **First - Queen Anne’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0323f.pdf)
3. **Third - Queen Anne’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Repeal of Place of Worship Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0323t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 533 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a7a05d3-d5c5-4c48-bac0-8ba9adda9b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).