---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization"
description: "State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "Maryland HB 618 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a7acd0-d74b-4171-a5e8-9226957fa19e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0618?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cb83190dc0ffaa3f81e704cffe47a78c8fdcaff2f6024dfdeb1b7db44d9a6f02"
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 618 (2025) — State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_340_hb0618t.pdf)
2. **First - State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0618f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0618t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–12** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 340 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11a7acd0-d74b-4171-a5e8-9226957fa19e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).