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type: "Bill"
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title: "eSports Act"
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description: "eSports Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 48"
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citation: "Maryland HB 48 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Gaming", "Awards", "Medals and Prizes", "Comptroller", "Gaming", "Rules and Regulations", "Sports and Recreation", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Grammer"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-11"
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last_action: "2019-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/155ea51f-607e-4b30-9790-e2fba833589d"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB48&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "e6ceb10b03dea63eef4d9714614e1430f5b45661e0dfa28d89e8b960192334f0"
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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 HB 48 (2019) — eSports Act
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0048f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Grammer — primary (person)
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- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
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- Ivey — cosponsor (person)
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- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
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- Palakovich Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-18** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {555666/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-18** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338 `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/155ea51f-607e-4b30-9790-e2fba833589d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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