---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Lottery Tickets - Internet Sales - Prohibition"
description: "State Lottery Tickets - Internet Sales - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Maryland SB 438 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Electronic Commerce", "Electronic Government", "Lottery and Gaming Control Agency", "State", "Lottery", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7a2f62-a8e2-4b46-b482-ffe42723a04e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB438&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "be2a7bd5c9bb0f6204889047691d5491c2c4d934c9fcbda631edc91cb953333f"
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 438 (2017) — State Lottery Tickets - Internet Sales - Prohibition

## 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/sb0438f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **44–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Special Order until 3/1 (Senator Madaleno) Adopted
- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (44-2) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {415464/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `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 448 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac7a2f62-a8e2-4b46-b482-ffe42723a04e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).