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HOUSE BILL 797
C7 5lr2320
HB 526/24 – W&M
By: Delegates Buckel and Wilkins
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Sports Wagering – Licenses and Application of Minority Business Enterprise 2
Program Requirements 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission, subject 4
to certain limitations, to accept and consider applications for sports wagering facility 5
licenses and mobile sports wagering licenses submitted before a certain date; 6
altering the termination date of certain provisions of law requiring the application 7
of the Minority Business Enterprise Program to the sports wagering industry; and 8
generally relating to sports wagering and the Sports Wagering Application Review 9
Commission. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – State Government 12
Section 9–1E–07(b) and 9–1E–15(h)(4) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – State Government 18
9–1E–07. 19
(b) (1) The findings and evidence relied on by the General Assembly for the 20
continuation of the Minority Business Enterprise Program under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the 21
State Finance and Procurement Article are incorporated in this subsection. 22
(2) To the extent practicable and authorized by the United States 23
Constitution, a sports wagering licensee shall comply with the State’s Minority Business 24
Enterprise Program. 25 2 HOUSE BILL 797
(3) (i) On or before 6 months after the issuance of a sports wagering 1
license under this subtitle, the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business 2
Affairs, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and the sports wagering 3
licensee, shall establish a clear plan for setting reasonable and appropriate minority 4
business enterprise participation goals and procedures for the procurement of goods and 5
services related to sports wagering, including procurement of construction, equipment, and 6
ongoing services. 7
(ii) To the extent practicable, the goals and procedures specified in 8
subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be based on the requirements of Title 14, Subtitle 9
3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article and the regulations implementing that 10
subtitle. 11
(4) On or after July 1, [2024] 2026, the provisions of this subsection and 12
any regulations adopted under this subsection shall be of no effect and may not be enforced. 13
9–1E–15. 14
(h) (4) The Sports Wagering Application Review Commission shall: 15
(i) to the extent permitted by federal and State law, actively seek to 16
achieve racial, ethnic, and gender diversity when awarding licenses; [and] 17
(ii) encourage applicants who qualify as a minority business 18
enterprise, as defined in § 14–301 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, or who 19
are small, minority, or women–owned business entities to apply for sports wagering 20
licenses under this subtitle; AND 21
(III) SUBJECT TO THE LIMIT ATIONS UNDER § 9–1E–06 OF THIS 22
SUBTITLE, ACCEPT AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A SPORTS W AGERING 23
LICENSE THAT IS SUBM ITTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2027. 24
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 25
1, 2025. 26