---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations"
description: "Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1598"
citation: "Maryland HB 1598 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaskill", "Toles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ca48c4d-acd1-45a2-bb04-77e197fe42f3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1598?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4791be44fbe75e9b1f08fa94aaeec49c1efdb7364ea34bb855f43ef1116924a8"
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 1598 (2026) — Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_382_hb1598t.pdf)
2. **First - Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1598f.pdf)
3. **Third - Horse Racing - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Grants - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1598t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2026-03-10** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-18** Hearing 3/18 at 12:45 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ca48c4d-acd1-45a2-bb04-77e197fe42f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).