---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Annual Fees"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Annual Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "Maryland SB 944 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b27c61f-3d2c-4b97-9486-24db067bda92"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0944?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f6c47df9181cd0b43933bec607099d52bb20f0f7a04dc41855c2b0b80da4550d"
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 SB 944 (2021) — Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Annual Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Annual Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_230_sb0944t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Annual Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0944f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Annual Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0944t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2021-03-03** Hearing 3/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b27c61f-3d2c-4b97-9486-24db067bda92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).