---
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: "SB 620"
citation: "Maryland SB 620 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7641fe6a-ed82-4803-840f-295b450505d0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0620?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ea58ef87b5450b0857f72787d33c85d9618102804cf15750f165b04724b955cf"
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 SB 620 (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_701_sb0620t.pdf)
2. **First - Institutions of Higher Education - Sports Wagering Contracts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0620f.pdf)
3. **Third - Institutions of Higher Education - Sports Wagering Contracts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0620t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 2/22 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Hearing canceled
- **2023-02-20** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** Referred Ways and Means Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 701 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7641fe6a-ed82-4803-840f-295b450505d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).