2026 Regular Session
HB518
Gaming - Problem Gambling and College Athlete Protections
Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations to reduce or mitigate the effects of problem gambling; requiring the regulations to establish a voluntary exclusion list; requiring the Commission to provide contact information of individuals that request to be placed on the exclusion list to the Maryland Center for Excellence on Problem Gambling; prohibiting an individual from wagering on and prohibiting a sports wagering licensee from offering or accepting a wager on certain player-specific proposition bets; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
132 yea–0 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Budget and Taxation
January 27, 2026 · House
Ways and Means
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {993922/1 Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
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Senate Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Budget and Taxation
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House Third Reading Passed (132-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments {473423/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
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House Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Ways and Means