---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County – Youth Recreational Opportunities Fund and Distribution From Admissions and Amusement Tax Revenues"
description: "Calvert County – Youth Recreational Opportunities Fund and Distribution From Admissions and Amusement Tax Revenues"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1459"
citation: "Maryland HB 1459 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Generally", "Taxes - Miscellaneous", "Gaming", "Bingo", "Calvert County", "County Commissioners", "Forests and Parks", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Sports and Recreation", "Youth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/122f16a2-fc2d-49a4-b82a-d66044be403f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1459&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "5a807addca74a6a0f28b5a27b9006fb0660abd88e4d329c1d62d9034ba3539a1"
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 1459 (2018) — Calvert County – Youth Recreational Opportunities Fund and Distribution From Admissions and Amusement Tax Revenues

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1459f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {830416/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/122f16a2-fc2d-49a4-b82a-d66044be403f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).