---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing – Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area"
description: "Horse Racing – Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Maryland HB 1259 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cecil County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0c7780-453b-4000-ac11-c37eabc5d1ca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1259?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "057ab16694eff370cf14c3618659d30e6c8c1d5e1f0183469e1b36c115cb51e2"
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 1259 (2021) — Horse Racing – Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Horse Racing – Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_167_hb1259t.pdf)
2. **First - Horse Racing – Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1259f.pdf)
3. **Third - Horse Racing – Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1259t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cecil County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 3/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef0c7780-453b-4000-ac11-c37eabc5d1ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).