Maryland House Bill 700 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-01-27 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2030; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before November 1 each year, beginning in 2026, to submit a report to the General Assembly on how the funds in the Problem Gambling Fund have been expended on treatment and prevention programs; and altering the distribution of certain fantasy competition and sports wagering proceeds.

Gaming - Problem Gambling - Prevalence Study and Fund Revenue

Del. Nick Allen [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]	Del. Catherine Forbes [D]	Del. Michele Guyton [D]
Del. Julie Palakovich Carr [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Melissa Wells [D]	Del. Natalie Ziegler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-27	House	Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-24	House	First Reading Ways and Means

HB700 (Carry Over) 2025-01-27 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
SB878 (Carry Over) 2024-04-08 - Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
SB706 (Crossfiled) 2025-03-13 - Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	19	804	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	1A-33	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	1D-04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	9	1E-12	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0700?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0700f.pdf