---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing Requirements"
description: "Business Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Maryland HB 1116 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad9dfc0-dd5a-4804-b1dd-c69f4b51a05d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1116?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eaf2ed0723f26f6f2c9cb72f27f92c7b027c2b53f43a1c3bfe545a6f0dc441d6"
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 1116 (2024) — Business Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_641_hb1116e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Business Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1116e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1116f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation - Restaurants and Traders - Licensing Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1116t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **98–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **100–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ad9dfc0-dd5a-4804-b1dd-c69f4b51a05d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).