---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Abolishment of Liquor Control Board and Dispensary System"
description: "Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Abolishment of Liquor Control Board and Dispensary System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 671"
citation: "Maryland HB 671 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Otto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c88e6b9d-d46c-4e4d-bc3a-032953e19774"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0671?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f52d8e935b8e98fafe5cd393208843a42572ab45f021780864b2c955b35daca0"
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 671 (2022) — Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Abolishment of Liquor Control Board and Dispensary System

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Abolishment of Liquor Control Board and Dispensary System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_758_hb0671t.pdf)
2. **First - Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Abolishment of Liquor Control Board and Dispensary System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0671f.pdf)
3. **Third - Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Abolishment of Liquor Control Board and Dispensary System** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0671t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Otto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **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 758 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c88e6b9d-d46c-4e4d-bc3a-032953e19774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).