---
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: "SB 961"
citation: "Maryland SB 961 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Taxes - Miscellaneous", "Gaming", "Bingo", "Calvert County", "County Commissioners", "Forests and Parks", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Salaries and Compensation", "Sports and Recreation", "Youth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f13f9fd-1013-485f-838b-0e63d0e9ddb8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB961&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "9b9ba6c84c15f538a90287c6a742afdc0d904a3ea0db87ba7b2fcdd34861b87f"
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 961 (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/sb/sb0961f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-19** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-20** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-21** 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.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 420 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f13f9fd-1013-485f-838b-0e63d0e9ddb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).