---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor License"
description: "Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 555"
citation: "Maryland HB 555 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Long"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a5bedc-d86e-4d98-8373-07b1c1f093de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0555?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d11f74df1fef025fd853503898918689782dd47f413113780e85ee54daf1df53"
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 555 (2021) — Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor License

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_323_hb0555t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County – Alcoholic Beverages – Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0555f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class D Beer, Wine, and Liquor License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0555t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Long — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing 2/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75a5bedc-d86e-4d98-8373-07b1c1f093de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).