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IntroducedSep 17, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 04, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Horse Racing - Prohibited Acts - Slaughter of Racehorses for Commercial Purposes
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 01, 2026: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 228
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Appropriations Committeeprimary
- Departmentalcosponsor
- Laborcosponsor
Votes
YES: 127
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Adams
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Addison
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Fair
- Kerr
- Pippy
- Stonko
- Amprey
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Pruski
- Szeliga
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Korman
- Qi
- Taveras
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Queen
- Taylor
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis
- Reilly
- Terrasa
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Long, R.
- Roberson
- Toles
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lopez
- Roberts
- Tomlinson
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Mangione
- Rogers
- Turner
- Behler
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Rose
- Valderrama
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Rosenberg
- Valentine
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Ross
- Watson
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Ruff
- Wells
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Miller
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Simmons
- Woods
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Smith
- Wu
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
NO: 2
- Anderson
- Arikan
Actions
- Apr 01, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Budget and Taxation
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (127-2)
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Appropriations
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Jan 16, 2026 | House
- Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | House
- First Reading Appropriations
- Sep 17, 2025 | House
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and TaxationPDF
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Seigler, Jane (Maryland Horse Council)
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Schnell, Jeanne
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Fulginiti, Andrew (Maryland Department of Labor)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Weintraub, Jason
- APP Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
