---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "Maryland SB 571 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b544866-2d26-4a87-b1ef-d328ae862333"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0571?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "75359e63ac8a2059f897d301f01b5686aa06e47d79aaa2a48d3686a40658a6bf"
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 571 (2025) — Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_818_sb0571t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0571f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0571t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 818 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b544866-2d26-4a87-b1ef-d328ae862333`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).