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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes"
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description: "Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 231"
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citation: "Maryland SB 231 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-09-17"
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last_action: "2026-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69b4c792-74ee-4e51-b89e-eda6430da1a8"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0231?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "0593593ab3aa0be003513019aa34bca30f98ccfb9516ef4d79bea3c980cf7e68"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 231 (2026) — Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_84_sb0231t.pdf)
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2. **First - Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0231f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0231t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **126–8** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
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- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-18** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-21** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
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- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69b4c792-74ee-4e51-b89e-eda6430da1a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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