---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of Higher Education – Sports Wagering Contracts – Prohibition"
description: "Institutions of Higher Education – Sports Wagering Contracts – Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 802"
citation: "Maryland HB 802 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Buckel", "Charles", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Griffith", "Grossman", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Miller", "Patterson", "R. Long", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Wu"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a98224cc-a691-4a37-b213-816e8469cac4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0802?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a3135eb061ddcfd3df6ff29115214b877ea2a7dedbba14508250ab08405839ca"
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 802 (2023) — Institutions of Higher Education – Sports Wagering Contracts – Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Institutions of Higher Education – Sports Wagering Contracts – Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_700_hb0802t.pdf)
2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education – Sports Wagering Contracts – Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0802f.pdf)
3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education – Sports Wagering Contracts – Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0802t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- R. Long — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 700 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a98224cc-a691-4a37-b213-816e8469cac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).