---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Charitable Gaming"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Charitable Gaming"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "Maryland HB 85 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Age of Majority", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Anne Arundel County", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Fees", "Gaming", "Licenses", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76b93e3b-a361-45ee-a54d-2f41b62e0f3e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB85&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b24cf96c2fe99e4c270a3eea9e2219dd21bc86d12d2b043e08e5a623be9f8f1a"
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 85 (2017) — Anne Arundel County - Charitable Gaming

## 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/hb0085f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Favorable with Amendments {935564/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-09** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {669632/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 474 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76b93e3b-a361-45ee-a54d-2f41b62e0f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).