---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization"
description: "Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 911"
citation: "Maryland HB 911 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beauchamp", "Chang", "Harrison", "Ivey", "McCaskill", "Metzgar", "Toles", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040222c1-ee52-4cb9-b429-f862194a1736"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0911?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1fc008028af997ba0085ee3c7048029ee84d9e4e6989605dc3396716677d6b52"
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 911 (2026) — Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_318_hb0911t.pdf)
2. **First - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0911f.pdf)
3. **Third - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0911t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beauchamp — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/040222c1-ee52-4cb9-b429-f862194a1736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).