---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse Racing - Maryland International and Preakness Stakes Incentives - Modifications"
description: "Horse Racing - Maryland International and Preakness Stakes Incentives - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1721"
citation: "Maryland HB 1721 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Horse Racing", "Advertising", "Animals", "Committees and Commissions", "Comptroller", "Fees", "Lottery", "Racing", "Rules and Regulations", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-19"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35da9d96-077c-4deb-a952-b12511841868"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1721&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "21e3649e45b9c60df9614c02486c0dd2f77d3d04e0a5aec915d8cee91d3645ff"
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 1721 (2018) — Horse Racing - Maryland International and Preakness Stakes Incentives - Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1721f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-19** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2018-03-05** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-17** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35da9d96-077c-4deb-a952-b12511841868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).