---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures"
description: "Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Maryland SB 178 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse Racing", "Appropriations", "Condemnation", "Contracts", "Prince George's County", "Procurement", "Public Information", "Public Officials", "Racing", "Real Property", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peters"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5913d67c-30f9-42df-84ab-8c792c58fa6b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB178&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "baa7f32e85c70c621b5d573457655e98758a4ee857acc82805523f229ac6b9ae"
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 178 (2017) — Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Eligibility and Capital Expenditures

## 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/sb/sb0178f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **131–1** (pass) · legislature
- Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Holmes) — **131–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Peters — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {177575/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Special Order until later today (Senator Miller) Adopted
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable with Amendments {465168/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Holmes) Adopted (131-2)
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (131-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5913d67c-30f9-42df-84ab-8c792c58fa6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).