---
type: "Bill"
title: "Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Purse Dedication Account - Ocean Downs Race Course Operating Loss Assistance"
description: "Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Purse Dedication Account - Ocean Downs Race Course Operating Loss Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 455"
citation: "Maryland HB 455 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Buckel", "D. Barnes", "Ebersole", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1954d11-977a-4e8f-8532-747bbaf84934"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0455?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "78d1235f7dcd0da45d3d962fbfd19530f700508868eb06b41ed778b1d9e12f73"
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 455 (2023) — Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Purse Dedication Account - Ocean Downs Race Course Operating Loss Assistance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Purse Dedication Account - Ocean Downs Race Course Operating Loss Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_642_hb0455t.pdf)
2. **First - Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Purse Dedication Account - Ocean Downs Race Course Operating Loss Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0455f.pdf)
3. **Third - Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Purse Dedication Account - Ocean Downs Race Course Operating Loss Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0455t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 642 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1954d11-977a-4e8f-8532-747bbaf84934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).