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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers"
+description: "Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 277"
+citation: "Maryland HB 277 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kerr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d1e5c4-bbcc-4042-9fc0-58ca1a7c5ef5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0277?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "2183625214816c75520552a0823209fc672928b5df1200c973809e25df65d70e"
+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 277 (2024) — Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_689_hb0277t.pdf)
+2. **First - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0277f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0277t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kerr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-12** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-16** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
+- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
+- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74d1e5c4-bbcc-4042-9fc0-58ca1a7c5ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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