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IntroducedSep 17, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 18, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 08, 2026
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Became LawApr 14, 2026
Maryland Senate Bill
Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes
Last Action See all actions
executive • Apr 14, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 231
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Budget and Taxation Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Laborcosponsor
Votes
YES: 45
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Love
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Harris
- Kagan
- Muse
- Washington, M.
- Charles
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Corderman
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 126
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Stonko
- Addison
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Allen
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Qi
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Korman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Baker
- Forbes
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Lopez
- Rose
- Valentine
- Behler
- Guyton
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Martinez
- Ross
- Watson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wells
- Buckel
- Hartman
- McComas
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Cardin
- Healey
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Chang
- Hill
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Coley
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Simpson
- Woods
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Nkongolo
- Smith
- Woorman
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Odom
- Solomon
- Wu
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Young
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Davis
Actions
- Apr 14, 2026 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (126-8)
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Appropriations
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 21, 2026 | House
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Referred Appropriations
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 13, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Jan 15, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/21 at 10:00 a.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Budget and Taxation
- Sep 17, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Video: Budget and TaxationHTML
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Schnell, Jeanne
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Weintraub, Jason
- B&T Testimony, FAV -- Seigler, Jane (Maryland Horse Council)
- B&T In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Fulginiti, Andrew (Maryland Department of Labor)
- B&T Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Merz, Christopher (Department of Labor)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Volodin, Stacey (Humane World for Animals)
- APP Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
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