Racing
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Standardbred Recovery Act of 2010 [HB-1517]
Abolishing the State Racing Commission and establishing the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and the Standardbred Racing Commission; providing for the memberships, qualifications for members, terms, chairs, quorums, meetings, compensation, executive directors, staffs, specified employees, specified powers, and testing laboratories of the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and of the Standardbred Racing Commission; altering allocations of funds from specified accounts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2010
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Gettr Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Budget Reduction Act [HB-1159]
Altering or repealing specified State aid to local jurisdictions; altering or repealing specified grants to specified persons or institutions; altering the distribution of specified revenues; altering or repealing specified required appropriations; altering the distribution of highway user revenues; stating the intent of the General Assembly regarding restraining spending in the State budget by implementation of specified actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/12/2010
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Urging The State Of Hawaii And City And County Of Honolulu To Work With Stakeholders To Locate And Establish A Public Racing Facility On Oahu. [HR-131]
Urging The State Of Hawaii And City And County Of Honolulu To Work With Stakeholders To Locate And Establish A Public Racing Facility On Oahu.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Trn, Fin, Referral Sheet 40 on 03/11/2020
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Urging The State Of Hawaii And City And County Of Honolulu To Work With Stakeholders To Locate And Establish A Public Racing Facility On Oahu. [HCR-152]
Urging The State Of Hawaii And City And County Of Honolulu To Work With Stakeholders To Locate And Establish A Public Racing Facility On Oahu.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Offered on 03/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Senate approval of appointments. [SB-261]
Amend KRS 148.260 to require members of the Horse Park Commission to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; amend KRS 230.225 to require members of the Horse Racing Commission to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 50th birthday of Secretariat and recognizing the festival held in his honor in Paris, Kentucky. [SCR-179]
Retain original provisions except change the name of Secretariat's 50th birthday celebration event to Big Red Gala: A celebration of Secretariat's 50th Birthday, and specify the date range of the event.
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve West
To Senate Floor on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Racing and Community Development Act of 2020 [HB-1056]
Requiring the State Racing Commission to establish the Equine Health, Safety, and Welfare Advisory Committee; requiring the owner of the Bowie Race Course Training Center to convey the property to the City of Bowie in a certain manner; authorizing, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue up to $375,000,000 of bonds for the redevelopment of certain racing facilities, including Laurel Park and Pimlico; establishing certain funds for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Racing and Community Development Act of 2020 [SB-987]
Requiring the State Racing Commission to establish the Equine Health, Safety, and Welfare Advisory Committee; requiring the owner of Bowie Race Course Training Center to convey the property to the City of Bowie in a certain manner; authorizing, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue up to $375,000,000 of bonds for the redevelopment of certain racing facilities; requiring the Authority, before issuing certain bonds, to ensure certain agreements are executed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 590 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines [SB-505]
Altering a certain prohibition against interfering with, injuring, tampering with, or destroying a horse used for a certain purpose to prohibit a person from interfering with, injuring, tampering with, or destroying an equine used for a certain purpose or for any other lawful activity; changing the crime from a felony to a misdemeanor carrying a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 1 year or both; providing the Act does not apply to the equine's owner or a person acting at the direction of or on behalf of the owner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Hough
Hearing 3/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Minority Business Enterprise Program – Public–Private Partnerships, Offshore Wind Projects, and Video Lottery Terminals [SB-442]
Providing, under certain circumstances, that the provisions of the Minority Business Enterprise Program apply to public-private partnerships; altering, from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023, the date by which certain provisions of law relating to minority business participation goals are of no effect and may not be enforced; incorporating certain findings and evidence associated with the Program; requiring certain applicants for certain wind projects to comply with the Program to a certain extent; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 553 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Purse Dedication Account - Maryland Horse Industry Fund - Retired Racehorses [HB-412]
Requiring that 0.5% of the funds in the Purse Dedication Account be allocated to the Maryland Horse Industry Fund to be used to fund and award grants to be used for the care, retraining, and promotion of retired racehorses; requiring the Maryland Horse Industry Board to administer the money made available to the Fund; requiring that certain unspent or unencumbered balances in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year revert to the Purse Dedication Account; and providing for the reversion of unused funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Video Lottery Operation License - Expansion and Alterations [HB-344]
Authorizing and awarding an additional video lottery operation license and up to 1,500 additional video lottery terminals for a video lottery facility in Charles County on a vessel moored to a pier on the Potomac River; repealing a certain prohibition against a person owning an interest in more than one video lottery facility; altering the percentage of video lottery proceeds retained by a video lottery operation licensee; submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/21/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Racecourse at Timonium [HB-266]
Requiring that, for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, a certain amount of video lottery terminal proceeds distributed to the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account for certain racing licensees be allocated in a certain manner to the racecourse at Timonium for racetrack facility capital construction and improvements; repealing a provision of law that authorizes the holder of a racing license to race at the racecourse at Timonium to use a certain amount of money to support a certain number of racing days; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 50th birthday of Secretariat and recognizing the festival held in his honor in Paris, Kentucky. [HCR-41]
Celebrate Secretariat's 50th birthday, and acknowledge Secretariat’s 50th Celebration: A Legends of Bourbon County Festival, Claiborne Farm, and the community of Paris, Kentucky, for keeping his legacy alive.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Adopted By Voice Vote on 04/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Expansion of Commercial Gaming - Sports and Event Wagering Referendum and Minority Business Enterprise Disparity Study [SB-4]
Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain sports and event wagering licenses; requiring certain implementing legislation to include certain criteria; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that certain revenues be used to fund public education; requiring certain State entities to contract with an appropriate expert to review a certain disparity study for certain purposes; submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 492 on 05/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sports wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-24]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define "amateur athletics," "collegiate sports contest," "commission," "principal," "professional sports contest," "sports wager," and "sports wagering"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission; establish membership to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; establish the commission’s responsibilities and authority; require the Governor to appoint an executive director and establish the executive director's responsibilities; require the commission to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julian Carroll
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (s) on 01/08/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Designations - The Preakness Stakes as the State Cultural Event [HB-1657]
Designating the Preakness Stakes as the State cultural event.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Designations - The Preakness Stakes as the State Cultural Event [SB-1166]
Designating the Preakness Stakes as the State cultural event.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Gaming - Wagering on Sporting Events - Study and Implementation [HB-989]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Implementation of Sports Gaming in the State to monitor federal law, study sports gaming in other states, and make recommendations regarding implementation of sports gaming in the State; authorizing, pursuant to specified regulations, the holders of a sports gaming license to accept wagers on sporting events; authorizing a video lottery operator or horse racing licensee to apply for a sports gaming license to accept wagers from specified individuals on specified sporting events; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Cecil County - Fair Hill Race Course [HB-977]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $250,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of The National Steeplechase Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, site improvement, and capital equipping of the Fair Hill Race Course, located in Cecil County; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 04/10/2017