Prince George’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Fees PG 317–26
HB 611 increases annual fees for all alcoholic beverage licenses in Prince George’s County. The bill raises fees for 25+ license types, including Class A beer licenses (from $500 to $550 annually) and convention center licenses (from $22,000 to $24,200). These changes directly affect businesses holding alcohol licenses in the county, such as restaurants, hotels, event venues, and country clubs. The fee adjustments apply to all existing license categories under Maryland’s Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis code.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 28, 2026
Last action Apr 13, 2026
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This bill was advanced from its first reading to adoption and second reading, marking significant progress in the legislative process. The text includes formatting updates to indicate the bill's status and adds a note explaining that underlining signifies amendments to the bill text. Substantively, the fee schedules for various alcoholic beverage licenses were updated, with new fees replacing the old bracketed amounts.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains limited to Prince George's County as originally stated; no changes to geographic applicability were made.
FISCAL
Annual license fees for various alcoholic beverage licenses were updated, replacing the old bracketed amounts with new higher fees (e.g., Class B-MB/22 license fee increased from $1,090 to $1,200).
TECHNICAL
Added a 'Committee Report: Favorable' and 'House action: Adopted' status line, and updated the explanatory note to include underlining as an indicator of amendments.
Changed the bill title from 'A BILL ENTITLED' to 'CHAPTER ______' to reflect its progression toward becoming law.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 8, 2026
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 49
Mar 25, 2026
D
Democratic36
91% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Apr 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-0-3)
senate
Mar 23, 2026
Committee
Referred Finance
upper
Mar 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Mar 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
lower
Mar 8, 2026
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (129-2-11)
house of delegates
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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