---
type: "Bill"
title: "Racing and Community Development Act of 2020"
description: "Racing and Community Development Act of 2020"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 987"
citation: "Maryland SB 987 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carter", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Ferguson", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hayes", "King", "McCray", "Miller", "Peters", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23081d92-3f5d-4139-acf2-74f18598d45a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0987?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cad0c7c5020fce55a03aff7d0e71307392fe4ade02fe361624b8fd8c6d1198f9"
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 987 (2020) — Racing and Community Development Act of 2020

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Racing and Community Development Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_590_sb0987e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Racing and Community Development Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0987e.pdf)
3. **First - Racing and Community Development Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0987f.pdf)
4. **Third - Racing and Community Development Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0987t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **113–14** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **112–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **118–10** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-24** Hearing 2/25 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-02** Motion Laid Over (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2020-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2020-03-03** Motion Special Order until 3/4 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2020-03-04** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2020-03-04** Favorable as Amended Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Ways and Means Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) and Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2020-03-11** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) and Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled (Ways and Means) and Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Kaiser) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2020-03-16** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Griffith and McCray)
- **2020-03-17** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2020-03-17** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Griffith and McCray)
- **2020-03-17** House Refuses Recede
- **2020-03-17** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Kaiser, Buckel and jackson01)
- **2020-03-17** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2020-03-17** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Griffith and McCray)
- **2020-03-17** House Refuses Recede
- **2020-03-17** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Kaiser, Buckel and jackson01)
- **2020-03-18** Conference Committee Report {
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Conference Committee Report {
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 590 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23081d92-3f5d-4139-acf2-74f18598d45a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).