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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Local Impact Grants - Distribution to Communities Near Laurel Race Course [HB-130]
Repealing the termination of a distribution of certain local impact grant funds from video lottery terminal proceeds to communities within 3 miles of the Laurel Race Course.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 767 on 05/15/2018
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Horse Racing – Interstate Compact on Anti–Doping and Drug Testing Standards [HB-1177]
Entering into the Interstate Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards Compact; providing the purpose of the Compact is to facilitate joint action to create more uniform and effective breed specific rules on the permitted and prohibited use of drugs and medications for the welfare of the horse; establishing the Interstate Anti-Doping and Drug Testing Standards Compact Commission to administer the Compact; providing for the composition, voting procedures, operation, and powers and duties of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 521 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Use of Funds [SB-883]
Allocating Racetrack Facility Renewal Account funds to the Maryland Economic Development Corporation for certain purposes and to the Bowie Race Course Training Center; authorizing a certain racing licensee and the owner of the Bowie Race Course Training Center individually, jointly, or through a parent organization to enter into certain agreements with the Corporation to facilitate the issuance of certain bonds or financing for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Rereferred To Budget And Taxation on 02/14/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminals - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Allocation of Funds [SB-878]
Altering the allocation of funds from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account by adding the Bowie Race Course Training Center to the list of thoroughbred racing facilities eligible to receive the funds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Stadium Authority’s Pimlico Race Course Study Workgroup [SB-800]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Implementation of Phase 2 of the Maryland Stadium Authority's Pimlico Race Course Study; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding financing options for the implementation of Phase 2 of the Maryland Stadium Authority's Pimlico Race Course Study; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds – Racetrack Facility Renewal Account – Racecourse at Timonium [SB-673]
Requiring that, beginning in fiscal year 2020, 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; requiring the racetrack, under certain circumstances, to provide and expend a certain matching fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [SB-640]
Establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; renaming the Joint Audit Committee as the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee with an expanded role in reviewing evaluations conducted by the Office; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 511 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – Racetrack and Racetrack Concessionaire Licenses [SB-309]
Expanding the privileges of a racetrack license in Anne Arundel County; specifying certain attributes of a licensed racing establishment; specifying the location where beer, wine, and liquor may be sold under the license; specifying that the playing of music and dancing may occur on the licensed premises; allowing the carrying and consuming of beer, wine, and liquor anywhere on the licensed premises; authorizing the issuance of a racetrack concessionaire license; establishing an annual license fee of $5,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 643 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Horse Racing at Fair Hill - Union Hospital Allocation - Repeal [SB-132]
Repealing a requirement that the Cecil County Breeders' Fair, Inc., or its successor allocate the profits earned from horse racing at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area to the Union Hospital of Cecil County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Use of Funds [HB-990]
Allocating Racetrack Facility Renewal Account funds to the Maryland Economic Development Corporation for certain purposes and to the Bowie Race Course Training Center; authorizing a certain racing licensee and the owner of the Bowie Race Course Training Center individually, jointly, or through a parent organization to enter into certain agreements with the Corporation to facilitate the issuance of certain bonds or financing for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Horse Racing at Fair Hill - Union Hospital Allocation - Repeal [HB-80]
Repealing a requirement that the Cecil County Breeders' Fair, Inc., or its successor allocate the profits earned from horse racing at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area to the Union Hospital of Cecil County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminal Proceeds - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Racecourse at Timonium [HB-643]
Requiring that, for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, 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
Recommitted To Budget And Taxation (senator Rosapepe) on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – Racetrack and Racetrack Concessionaire Licenses [HB-374]
Expanding the privileges of a racetrack license in Anne Arundel County; specifying certain attributes of a licensed racing establishment; specifying the location where beer, wine, and liquor may be sold under the license; specifying that the playing of music and dancing may occur on the licensed premises; allowing the carrying and consuming of beer, wine, and liquor anywhere on the licensed premises; authorizing the issuance of a racetrack concessionaire license; establishing an annual license fee of $5,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 642 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Stadium Authority’s Pimlico Race Course Study Workgroup [HB-1190]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Implementation of Phase 2 of the Maryland Stadium Authority's Pimlico Race Course Study; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding financing options for the implementation of Phase 2 of the Maryland Stadium Authority's Pimlico Race Course Study; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Glenn
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency - Sports Wagering Operations [HB-1132]
Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to conduct a sports wagering operation; authorizing certain video lottery operators and horse racing licensees to apply to the Commission for a sports wagering license; authorizing the holder of a sports wagering license to accept, as an agent of the Agency, wagers on sporting events; requiring a certain commission for the holder of a sports wagering license and providing for the distribution of the remaining proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [HB-1113]
Renaming the Joint Audit Committee to be the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee and altering its powers and duties; establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 510 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Video Lottery Terminals - Racetrack Facility Renewal Account - Allocation of Funds [HB-1070]
Altering the allocation of funds from the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account by adding the Bowie Race Course Training Center to the list of thoroughbred racing facilities eligible to receive the funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sports wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-23]
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 Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/09/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering at horse tracks. [HB-454]
Amend KRS 230.3615 and 230.750 to restrict the commission requirements to being on pari-mutuel wagering only.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Posted In Committee on 03/01/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Gaming Commission. [HB-410]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define "amateur athletics," “department of charitable gaming,” “gaming commissioner,” “gaming commission,” "lottery," “lottery department,” "major lottery-specific procurement," “racing department," "related entity," "retailer," "sports contest," and "vendor"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission, composed of 9 members who shall be appointed by December 31, 2020, and who shall hold their first meeting no later than January 31, 2021; the commission shall supervise and regulate all gaming and wagering
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (h) on 02/20/2019