---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permits"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 400"
citation: "Maryland SB 400 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89cec848-7467-490f-b0ca-a967115b0a62"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0400?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "da6b2139bf5754f4671c16da8b3f0a9519ef0e0cc3c5931a178686782158fc3a"
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 400 (2026) — Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_855_sb0400t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0400f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Entertainment Permits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0400t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 855 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89cec848-7467-490f-b0ca-a967115b0a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).