---
type: "Bill"
title: "Video Lottery Terminals - Disposition of Unclaimed Winnings"
description: "Video Lottery Terminals - Disposition of Unclaimed Winnings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Maryland HB 300 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Claims", "Comptroller", "Electronic Funds Transfer", "Gaming", "Lottery", "Revenue and Taxes", "Time", "Video"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fennell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a4bbabf-423c-45cb-8a9d-ae560dc02c89"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB300&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "c1265acdd346d0882305ad0188cf10e72a80feaf2e6310a0e44c101dda18bb47"
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 300 (2017) — Video Lottery Terminals - Disposition of Unclaimed Winnings

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0300f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **126–11** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fennell — primary (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Favorable with Amendments {385263/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (126-11) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a4bbabf-423c-45cb-8a9d-ae560dc02c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).