---
type: "Bill"
title: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications"
description: "Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1398"
citation: "Maryland HB 1398 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz", "Ghrist", "Jacobs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d247a1b-e012-4637-aff5-126a612e64e6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1398?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "228c1d5cdde411bf5a99dd5a5d9340c73e0272e622f945128246de73087120a6"
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 1398 (2020) — Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_463_hb1398t.pdf)
2. **First - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1398f.pdf)
3. **Third - Queen Anne's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1398t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 463 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d247a1b-e012-4637-aff5-126a612e64e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).