Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners - Alterations

SB 972 increases Anne Arundel County's Board of License Commissioners from three to five members and updates eligibility rules, including requiring members to be county residents with business experience, limiting political party representation, and prohibiting former chief inspectors from serving. The bill mandates the Board adopt and publish an ethics policy, add an optional race and ethnicity question to license applications, and annually report the racial breakdown of disciplinary actions taken during the previous year to the General Assembly. These changes directly affect license applicants (through the new application question) and the Board (through revised membership rules and reporting requirements). The law takes effect July 1, 2025.