---
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: "SB 453"
citation: "Maryland SB 453 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a66299a2-1836-434d-8c2c-6163af2b884e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0453?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d4853de90eb34db14e874a159ee18a5e80123d4747dc5dbff3ebda3ea1150565"
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 453 (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_317_sb0453t.pdf)
2. **First - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0453f.pdf)
3. **Third - Horse Racing - Laurel Park - Arabian Breed Racing Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0453t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-26** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 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
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a66299a2-1836-434d-8c2c-6163af2b884e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).