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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization"
+description: "Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 453"
+citation: "Maryland SB 453 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a66299a2-1836-434d-8c2c-6163af2b884e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0453?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d4853de90eb34db14e874a159ee18a5e80123d4747dc5dbff3ebda3ea1150565"
+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 SB 453 (2026) — Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_317_sb0453t.pdf)
+2. **First - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0453f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0453t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-26** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-27** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-21** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a66299a2-1836-434d-8c2c-6163af2b884e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+