---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Petition of Support Requirement Ho. Co. 12-23"
description: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Petition of Support Requirement Ho. Co. 12-23"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Maryland HB 218 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c3cf8e-ffe8-439b-a4ce-623337ba5692"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0218?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c6112f939190ca98b7b6170a27d750a53ef56ecac6c59febec3528c18d2eb82e"
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 218 (2023) — Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Petition of Support Requirement Ho. Co. 12-23

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Petition of Support Requirement Ho. Co. 12-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_422_hb0218t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Petition of Support Requirement Ho. Co. 12-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0218f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Repeal of Petition of Support Requirement Ho. Co. 12-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0218t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** 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
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6c3cf8e-ffe8-439b-a4ce-623337ba5692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).