---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes"
description: "Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Maryland SB 231 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-17"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69b4c792-74ee-4e51-b89e-eda6430da1a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0231?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0593593ab3aa0be003513019aa34bca30f98ccfb9516ef4d79bea3c980cf7e68"
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 231 (2026) — Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_84_sb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0231t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-21** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69b4c792-74ee-4e51-b89e-eda6430da1a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).