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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets"
+description: "Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 897"
+citation: "Maryland HB 897 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel", "Buckel", "Cox", "Hornberger", "McComas"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-03"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be4804b-32d7-460d-8ae5-eab7ca412322"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0897?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "31c85de80415906d0bafd94fc3f1789d7dfaab4fcda7b6bf9f11bc5c21142e73"
+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 HB 897 (2020) — Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_357_hb0897t.pdf)
+2. **First - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0897f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0897t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beitzel — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Cox — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-03** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 357 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7be4804b-32d7-460d-8ae5-eab7ca412322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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