---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Maryland International and Preakness Stakes Incentives - Modifications"
description: "Horse Racing - Maryland International and Preakness Stakes Incentives - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1158"
citation: "Maryland SB 1158 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse Racing", "Advertising", "Animals", "Committees and Commissions", "Comptroller", "Fees", "Lottery", "Racing", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-19"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb97b4c-7f88-4e6b-bbb8-ffb0b8165141"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1158&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a36704367fb6aa4803414fa8ceed0da99bec82c100c5f0ae78d8bee8f434f786"
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 1158 (2018) — Horse Racing - Maryland International and Preakness Stakes Incentives - Modifications

## 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/sb/sb1158f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-19** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Rereferred to Finance
- **2018-02-28** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-02** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-02** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable with Amendments {937375/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 185 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffb97b4c-7f88-4e6b-bbb8-ffb0b8165141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).