---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Gaming by Qualified Organization - Permit Required"
description: "St. Mary's County - Gaming by Qualified Organization - Permit Required"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "Maryland SB 357 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a21ad6f-9f7b-4c5b-ab94-42bcdd0c6101"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0357?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "06894878a6bacef8a6d743e3367bb26e9a80b9fafaae7fffb41de35782b5748c"
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 357 (2026) — St. Mary's County - Gaming by Qualified Organization - Permit Required

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Gaming by Qualified Organization - Permit Required** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_554_sb0357t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Gaming by Qualified Organization - License Required** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0357f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Gaming by Qualified Organization - Permit Required** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0357t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 554 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a21ad6f-9f7b-4c5b-ab94-42bcdd0c6101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).