---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kent County Alcohol Act of 2020"
description: "Kent County Alcohol Act of 2020"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 777"
citation: "Maryland HB 777 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/765b371c-6b11-42f5-98be-409215879aa1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0777?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "22639143d6074d93d159a708440bb1df3bf45c8188357808ca15ec3a37d09975"
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 777 (2020) — Kent County Alcohol Act of 2020

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Kent County Alcohol Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_322_hb0777t.pdf)
2. **First - Kent County Alcohol Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0777f.pdf)
3. **Third - Kent County Alcohol Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0777t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 322 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/765b371c-6b11-42f5-98be-409215879aa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).