---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Residency Requirement"
description: "Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Residency Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 962"
citation: "Maryland SB 962 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d74e75c-3064-4790-94d4-749bbe772f81"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0962?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f32ed212ad9b4c1c2638a42b0fae9f31f8116a9fa8f4c39785a4b3ead6f9188c"
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 962 (2023) — Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Residency Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_596_sb0962t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0962f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0962t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Rereferred to Finance
- **2023-03-10** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2023-04-05** Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Hearing canceled
- **2023-04-06** Hearing 4/06 at 12:35 p.m.
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d74e75c-3064-4790-94d4-749bbe772f81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).