---
type: "Bill"
title: "eSports Act"
description: "eSports Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 48"
citation: "Maryland HB 48 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Comptroller", "Gaming", "Rules and Regulations", "Sports and Recreation", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grammer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/155ea51f-607e-4b30-9790-e2fba833589d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB48&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "e6ceb10b03dea63eef4d9714614e1430f5b45661e0dfa28d89e8b960192334f0"
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 48 (2019) — eSports Act

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0048f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grammer — primary (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- Palakovich Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {555666/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/155ea51f-607e-4b30-9790-e2fba833589d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).