---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License"
description: "Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 363"
citation: "Maryland HB 363 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da04ea7d-34cb-4047-a27b-c2c782366f84"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0363?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5a9bbe174a99b12fe0af9b8464b88d217668b331f50ebcdf7a833a1aa99054b7"
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 363 (2024) — Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_1000_hb0363t.pdf)
2. **First - Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0363f.pdf)
3. **Third - Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0363t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 363 HB 586 HB 587 HB 588 HB 1330 HB 1341 — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1000 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da04ea7d-34cb-4047-a27b-c2c782366f84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).