---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gaming - Video Lottery Facilities and Licenses - Definitions"
description: "Gaming - Video Lottery Facilities and Licenses - Definitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Maryland SB 79 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0032cc2e-b061-4549-a2d7-6a4e5d1ce22f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0079?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0114b3ceff0f9bba6c3cb67fb4e98fad88ef1371525f910de44d50cbda0009fa"
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 79 (2020) — Gaming - Video Lottery Facilities and Licenses - Definitions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Gaming - Video Lottery Facilities and Licenses - Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_515_sb0079t.pdf)
2. **First - Gaming - Video Lottery Facilities and Licenses - Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0079f.pdf)
3. **Third - Gaming - Video Lottery Facilities and Licenses - Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0079t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-12-19** Hearing 1/09 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-01-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-15** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 515 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0032cc2e-b061-4549-a2d7-6a4e5d1ce22f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).