HB0887 • 2026

Video Lottery Terminals - Distribution of Local Impact Grants - Allocation for Fair Hill Purses

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delegate Hornberger
Last action: 2026-02-05
Official status: In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Video Lottery Terminals - Distribution of Local Impact Grants - Allocation for Fair Hill Purses

Altering, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2029, the distribution of proceeds from video lottery terminals by requiring $200,000 of local impact grants distributed to Cecil County to be used for purses offered for certain races held at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area.

What This Bill Does

Altering, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2029, the distribution of proceeds from video lottery terminals by requiring $200,000 of local impact grants distributed to Cecil County to be used for purses offered for certain races held at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area.

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Bill History

2026-02-05 House
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
2026-02-04 House
First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Video Lottery Terminals - Distribution of Local Impact Grants - Allocation for Fair Hill Purses

Official Summary Text

Altering, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2029, the distribution of proceeds from video lottery terminals by requiring $200,000 of local impact grants distributed to Cecil County to be used for purses offered for certain races held at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area.

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb0887*

HOUSE BILL 887
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By: Delegate Hornberger
Introduced and read first time: February 4, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means and Appropriations

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Video Lottery Terminals – Distribution of Local Impact Grants – Allocation for 2
Fair Hill Purses 3

FOR the purpose of altering, for certain fiscal years, the distribution of proceeds from video 4
lottery terminals by requiring a certain portion of local impact grants distributed to 5
Cecil County to be used for purses offered for certain races held at the Fair Hill 6
Natural Resources Management Area ; and generally relating to the distribution of 7
proceeds from video lottery terminals and local impact grants. 8

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
Article – State Government 10
Section 9–1A–31(a)(1) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – State Government 15
Section 9–1A–31(a)(8) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20

Article – State Government 21

9–1A–31. 22

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (8) of this subsection, the local impact 23
grants provided under § 9 –1A–27 of this subtitle shall be distributed as provided in this 24
subsection. 25
2 HOUSE BILL 887

(8) (I) Beginning after a video lottery o peration license is issued to a 1
video lottery facility in Baltimore City, 100% of the local impact grants provided under § 2
9–1A–27 of this subtitle from the proceeds of the video lottery facilities located in Allegany, 3
Cecil, and Worcester counties shall be distributed to the local jurisdictions in which those 4
video lottery facilities are located. 5

(II) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION , 6
FOR EACH OF FISCAL Y EARS 2027 THROUGH 2029, OF THE AMOUNT DISTRIB UTED 7
TO CECIL COUNTY, $200,000 SHALL BE USED FOR PURSES OFFERED FOR R ACES 8
HELD AT THE FAIR HILL NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AREA IN 9
ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 11, SUBTITLE 7 OF THE BUSINESS REGULATION 10
ARTICLE. 11

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 12
1, 2026. 13