---
type: "Bill"
title: "Video Lottery Terminal Revenues - Purse Dedication Account - Standardbred Racetrack Operating Loss Assistance"
description: "Video Lottery Terminal Revenues - Purse Dedication Account - Standardbred Racetrack Operating Loss Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Maryland SB 381 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse Racing", "Gaming", "Gaming", "Racing", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/310907f3-05a3-4d52-90de-2c1fc0376e3b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB381&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d800c4c45f1f0d4afa40a1f562067d97e2be333d881f34b57c3b1d9ac51cccb2"
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 381 (2018) — Video Lottery Terminal Revenues - Purse Dedication Account - Standardbred Racetrack Operating Loss Assistance

## 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/sb0381f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-22** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (138-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 334 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/310907f3-05a3-4d52-90de-2c1fc0376e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).