---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Gift Basket Permit Ho. Co. 2-26"
description: "Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Gift Basket Permit Ho. Co. 2-26"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 456"
citation: "Maryland HB 456 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c0cea9b-531a-438a-a24d-a33d0c21bd5f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0456?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "015098674621bab1cf64785f014e6446641ed56a2406f4f187fb980f3890f5e3"
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 456 (2026) — Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Gift Basket Permit Ho. Co. 2-26

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Gift Basket Permit Ho. Co. 2-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_817_hb0456t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Gift Basket Permit Ho. Co. 2-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0456f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Alcoholic Beverages - Gift Basket Permit Ho. Co. 2-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0456t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 817 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c0cea9b-531a-438a-a24d-a33d0c21bd5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).