---
type: "Bill"
title: "Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers"
description: "Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Maryland HB 277 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74d1e5c4-bbcc-4042-9fc0-58ca1a7c5ef5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0277?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2183625214816c75520552a0823209fc672928b5df1200c973809e25df65d70e"
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 277 (2024) — Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_689_hb0277t.pdf)
2. **First - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0277f.pdf)
3. **Third - Frederick County - Local Gaming and Authorization for Electronic Tip Jar Dispensers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0277t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 689 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74d1e5c4-bbcc-4042-9fc0-58ca1a7c5ef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).