---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Sports Entertainment Facilities and Events, Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facilities, and Racing Facilities"
description: "Economic Development - Sports Entertainment Facilities and Events, Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facilities, and Racing Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 897"
citation: "Maryland HB 897 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8aab35c-32dd-463c-a7fb-161b24ae9e83"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0897?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4a20662c8e0e77f5b70151b90a5bc59a4e0afac267b57535ce8813aed567619c"
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 897 (2022) — Economic Development - Sports Entertainment Facilities and Events, Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facilities, and Racing Facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development - Sports Entertainment Facilities and Events, Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facilities, and Racing Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_61_hb0897t.pdf)
2. **First - Sports Entertainment Facilities Act of 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0897f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development - Sports Entertainment Facilities and Events, Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor Facilities, and Racing Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0897t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **122–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-10** Hearing canceled
- **2022-02-18** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2022-04-07** Hearing 4/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Hearing canceled
- **2022-04-08** Hearing 4/08 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Hearing canceled
- **2022-04-08** Hearing 4/08 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 61 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8aab35c-32dd-463c-a7fb-161b24ae9e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).