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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law – Animal Cruelty – Sentencing Conditions"
+description: "Criminal Law – Animal Cruelty – Sentencing Conditions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 1038"
+citation: "Maryland SB 1038 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Abuse", "Animals", "Commerce and Business", "Crimes and Punishments", "Parole and Probation", "Penalties and Sentences"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-05"
+last_action: "2018-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a6ec61-00fc-4e4a-9716-848da3889dae"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1038&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "cbca72e4527f4c8fea88bd208b5b769b83a79742e3d7cdf266d23b8601608f62"
+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 1038 (2018) — Criminal Law – Animal Cruelty – Sentencing Conditions
+
+## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1038f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Benson — cosponsor (person)
+- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
+- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
+- Manno — cosponsor (person)
+- Muse — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ready — cosponsor (person)
+- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {168977/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74a6ec61-00fc-4e4a-9716-848da3889dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+