---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions"
description: "Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1493"
citation: "Maryland HB 1493 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Anderton", "Arentz", "Clark", "Cox", "Hartman", "Jacobs", "Krimm", "Malone", "Mautz", "McComas", "Miller", "Otto", "Reilly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da5d2b75-e6bc-4abd-b5cd-1348fe91a7b4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1493?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "97e0b47cd4e9a7033e2253ddfa66fa8e13d04f61bc25647b0ac74d06e478b43b"
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 1493 (2020) — Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_622_hb1493t.pdf)
2. **First - Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1493f.pdf)
3. **Third - Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1493t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **128–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 622 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da5d2b75-e6bc-4abd-b5cd-1348fe91a7b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).