Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses PG 321-26

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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HOUSE BILL 416
A2 6lr2038

By: Prince George’s County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Prince George’s County – Alcoholic Beverages – Class B Beer, Wine, and Liquor 2
Licenses 3

PG 321–26 4

FOR the purpose of repealing the limit on the number of Class B beer, wine, and liquor 5
licenses that the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George’s County may 6
issue; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in Prince George’s 7
County. 8

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 10
Section 26–102 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 15
Section 26–1601(a)(1) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20

Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 21

26–102. 22

This title applies only in Prince George’s County. 23

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26–1601. 1

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the number of licenses in a 2
class issued by the Board may not exceed: 3

(i) Class A beer, 4; 4

(ii) Class B beer, 23; 5

(iii) Class C beer, 3; 6

(iv) Class D beer, 33; 7

(v) Class A beer and light wine, 7; 8

(vi) Class B beer and light wine, 45; 9

(vii) Class B–GC beer and light wine, 4; 10

(viii) Class C beer and light wine, 8; 11

(ix) Class D beer and light wine, 99; 12

(x) Class A beer, wine, and liquor, 143; 13

(xi) [Class B beer, wine, and liquor, 215; 14

(xii)] Class B–AE beer, wine, and liquor, 15; 15

[(xiii)] (XII) Class BCE beer, wine, and liquor, 8; 16

[(xiv)] (XIII) Class B–CI beer, wine, and liquor, 2; 17

[(xv)] (XIV) Class B–DD beer, wine, and liquor: 18

1. under § 26–1614(a)(1) of this subtitle, 4; 19

2. under § 26–1614(a)(2) of this subtitle, 4; 20

3. under § 26–1614(a)(3) of this subtitle, 6; 21

4. under § 26–1614(a)(4) of this subtitle, 6; 22

5. under § 26–1614(a)(5) of this subtitle, 4; 23

6. under § 26–1614(a)(6) of this subtitle, 10; 24

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7. under § 26–1614(a)(7) of this subtitle, 3; 1

8. under § 26–1614(a)(8) of this subtitle, 5; 2

9. under § 26–1614(a)(9) of this subtitle, 2; 3

10. under § 26–1614(a)(10) of this subtitle, 1; 4

11. under § 26–1614(a)(11) of this subtitle, 1; 5

12. under § 26–1614(a)(12) of this subtitle, 1; 6

13. under § 26–1614(a)(13) of this subtitle, 1; and 7

14. under § 26–1614(a)(14) of this subtitle, 10; 8

[(xvi)] (XV) Class B/ECF beer, wine, and liquor, 1; 9

[(xvii)] (XVI) Class B–ECF/DS beer, wine, and liquor, 2; 10

[(xviii)] (XVII) Class B–ECR beer, wine, and liquor, 1; 11

[(xix)] (XVIII) Class B –Stadium (baseball stadium) beer, wine, 12
and liquor, 1; 13

[(xx)] (XIX) Class B–Stadium (football stadium) beer, wine, and liquor, 14
1; 15

[(xxi)] (XX) Class B–WPL (waterfront pavilion) beer, wine, and liquor, 16
3; and 17

[(xxii)] (XXI) Class C beer, wine, and liquor: 18

1. under § 26–1002 of this title, 1; 19

2. under § 26–1005 of this title, 12; 20

3. under § 26–1011 of this title, 25; 21

4. under § 26–1017 of this title, 30; and 22

5. under § 26–1019 of this title, 4. 23

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 24
1, 2026. 25