---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carroll County - Gaming Events - Repeal of Sunday Prohibition"
description: "Carroll County - Gaming Events - Repeal of Sunday Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Maryland SB 258 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Blue Laws", "Carroll County", "Emergency Bills", "Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carroll County Senators"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c161e7a2-3b85-4064-8ea5-471032c3f86b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB258&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "66c23d4e3dc096ddcbe23272ff0436c4913800ef3f149e82671808a1a1bf358c"
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 258 (2019) — Carroll County - Gaming Events - 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0258f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carroll County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-18** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-02-21** Third Reading Passed (45-1) `passage`
- **2019-02-22** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {285363/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c161e7a2-3b85-4064-8ea5-471032c3f86b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).