---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Maryland HB 1259 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1a84221-cefc-4698-8b57-3a28ae7d7530"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1259?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cd6d5ae616d3c67a39f1e8574ecccc2b6ac6328d07f74acd0bac554d8275945a"
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 1259 (2025) — Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_839_hb1259t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1259f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - License and Permit Distance Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1259t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 839 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1a84221-cefc-4698-8b57-3a28ae7d7530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).