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+type: "Bill"
+title: "eSports Act"
+description: "eSports Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 48"
+citation: "Maryland HB 48 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Gaming", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Comptroller", "Gaming", "Rules and Regulations", "Sports and Recreation", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Grammer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-11"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/155ea51f-607e-4b30-9790-e2fba833589d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB48&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
+source_hash: "e6ceb10b03dea63eef4d9714614e1430f5b45661e0dfa28d89e8b960192334f0"
+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 48 (2019) — eSports Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0048f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Grammer — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
+- Ivey — cosponsor (person)
+- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-18** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {555666/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-18** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/155ea51f-607e-4b30-9790-e2fba833589d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+