---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Public Hearing Ho. Co. 13-23"
description: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Public Hearing Ho. Co. 13-23"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 146"
citation: "Maryland HB 146 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/433133d6-053e-482b-9042-27a829007ff3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0146?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c7d1d1128f8a8343d2ebb8232a5ea6e53b8deb2d2eb3b1defdaa751688c04985"
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 146 (2023) — Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Public Hearing Ho. Co. 13-23

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Public Hearing Ho. Co. 13-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_88_hb0146t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Public Hearing Ho. Co. 13-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0146f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Public Hearing Ho. Co. 13-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0146t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 88 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/433133d6-053e-482b-9042-27a829007ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).