---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Gaming - Administration of Bingo Licenses"
description: "St. Mary's County - Gaming - Administration of Bingo Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 530"
citation: "Maryland HB 530 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/614ca1da-7649-4d9f-84df-30ca376c6417"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0530?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9e3457dca354b08fa14c17c324665dc9be00af8c77e3431568f0d14254df00d8"
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 530 (2021) — St. Mary's County - Gaming - Administration of Bingo Licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Gaming - Administration of Bingo Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_283_hb0530t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Gaming - Administration of Bingo Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0530f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Gaming - Administration of Bingo Licenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0530t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/614ca1da-7649-4d9f-84df-30ca376c6417`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).