---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Leonardtown - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Place of Worship Distance Restriction"
description: "St. Mary's County - Leonardtown - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Place of Worship Distance Restriction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Maryland HB 474 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a31ae9e-431d-4ad5-971c-80b5097d8159"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0474?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ce512eb9deb20d43395b6cb626ace88df033a4cd1aae9c0ad1ac13c0288fa82e"
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 474 (2022) — St. Mary's County - Leonardtown - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Place of Worship Distance Restriction

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Leonardtown - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Place of Worship Distance Restriction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_755_hb0474t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Leonardtown - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Place of Worship Distance Restriction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0474f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Leonardtown - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Place of Worship Distance Restriction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0474t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 755 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a31ae9e-431d-4ad5-971c-80b5097d8159`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).