---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Extension of Maryland Horse Racing Act and Establishment of Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority"
description: "Horse Racing - Extension of Maryland Horse Racing Act and Establishment of Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "Maryland SB 720 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/560634d9-b846-4317-86f3-8a2d610abaef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0720?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bca445e5d7919d2461a895412d84b930e2cc9de8bc767f2165e1a7627e016d5f"
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 720 (2023) — Horse Racing - Extension of Maryland Horse Racing Act and Establishment of Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Horse Racing - Extension of Maryland Horse Racing Act and Establishment of Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_111_sb0720t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Horse Racing Act - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0720f.pdf)
3. **Third - Horse Racing - Extension of Maryland Horse Racing Act and Establishment of Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0720t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2023-04-07** Hearing 4/07 at 11:45 a.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 111 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/560634d9-b846-4317-86f3-8a2d610abaef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).