---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County - Gaming - Repeal of Sunday Prohibition"
description: "Carroll County - Gaming - Repeal of Sunday Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 610"
citation: "Maryland HB 610 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Blue Laws", "Carroll County", "Gaming", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4996d620-1122-4c92-86e7-fce7810ee35a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB610&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "ca9104c363d3272a7df89e3228e8c4d715d8aa393282638aa74fbed310187f9e"
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 610 (2018) — Carroll County - Gaming - Repeal of Sunday 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0610f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (135-2) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4996d620-1122-4c92-86e7-fce7810ee35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).