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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government - Regulation of Animals - Kennel Licenses"
+description: "Local Government - Regulation of Animals - Kennel Licenses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 573"
+citation: "Maryland SB 573 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties - Generally", "Business Regulation and Occupations", "Animals", "Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-02"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/781d9ece-8d55-4a57-9d6f-b74785860d76"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB573&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "d90f90060b67a9b9ed6606057dea5f9c67799821380672898c8be9cd2e8276ad"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 573 (2017) — Local Government - Regulation of Animals - Kennel Licenses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0573f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **125–10** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {204237/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (125-10) `passage`
+- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
+- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 415 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/781d9ece-8d55-4a57-9d6f-b74785860d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+