---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension"
description: "Maryland Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 225"
citation: "Maryland HB 225 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-25"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ad2cab3-2ace-4e0a-9668-8623ae3d1ae1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0225?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "de62d9d236ea1371e70a9151416b302bf4227ace70174b5b29dd102bbd399afb"
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 225 (2026) — Maryland Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_75_hb0225t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0225f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Horse Industry Board - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0225t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 75 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ad2cab3-2ace-4e0a-9668-8623ae3d1ae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).