---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caroline and Queen Anne's Counties - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement"
description: "Caroline and Queen Anne's Counties - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 258"
citation: "Maryland HB 258 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e925e93-c164-478d-92dc-640160c86c9a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0258?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "41d47c39a03cba73d13f429727eeee9212c1e5e31c33896cabafb2549a2d01d7"
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 258 (2023) — Caroline and Queen Anne's Counties - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Caroline and Queen Anne's Counties - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_405_hb0258t.pdf)
2. **First - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0258f.pdf)
3. **Third - Caroline and Queen Anne's Counties - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Residency Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0258t.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e925e93-c164-478d-92dc-640160c86c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).