---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License"
description: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1494"
citation: "Maryland HB 1494 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94967f59-faf6-483c-b4ce-6a5122a17db6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1494?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5d0208f27e3d2a2acd115dde779741caea06bc258756ff9a52e8c4641b311b23"
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 1494 (2025) — Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_798_hb1494t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1494f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class MT (Movie Theater) License** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1494t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Rereferred to Economic Matters
- **2025-03-04** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 798 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94967f59-faf6-483c-b4ce-6a5122a17db6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).