---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 888"
citation: "Maryland SB 888 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85755545-7fd6-4aa6-b53a-c20e344a71b8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0888?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4b5ebd10353bb1d7227a85148c6ce286660409c8eab53253079480a730c83b11"
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 888 (2025) — Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_838_sb0888t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0888f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0888t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 838 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85755545-7fd6-4aa6-b53a-c20e344a71b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).