---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Gaming and Benefit Performances - Repeal MC 14-19"
description: "Montgomery County - Gaming and Benefit Performances - Repeal MC 14-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Maryland HB 563 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Counties - Local Laws", "Art", "Music and Cultural Affairs", "Crimes and Punishments", "Equipment", "Fairs", "Gaming", "Lottery", "Montgomery County", "Nonprofit Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64928df0-968a-44aa-879a-63b09177e443"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB563&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "02a69b94ca83dc341bf7f305ae8e73916c9a455953a2fa8b4b14c1a470f720cc"
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 563 (2019) — Montgomery County - Gaming and Benefit Performances - Repeal MC 14-19

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0563f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {445760/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-22** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-25** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64928df0-968a-44aa-879a-63b09177e443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).