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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established"
+description: "Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 101"
+citation: "Maryland SB 101 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carozza", "Carter", "Cassilly", "Eckardt", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Lee", "Ready", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Young"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-10-17"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7b8b287-9167-41b9-847e-d361b53c9e90"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0101?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "474bc2bf9eb66b317ce80ffe3175ca718f04987680592219ea6642d4d29078c6"
+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 101 (2020) — Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_162_sb0101e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0101e.pdf)
+3. **First - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0101f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0101t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **130–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beidle — primary (person)
+- Carozza — primary (person)
+- Carter — primary (person)
+- Cassilly — primary (person)
+- Eckardt — primary (person)
+- Feldman — primary (person)
+- Gallion — primary (person)
+- Guzzone — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- Ready — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-10-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-03** Hearing 1/09 at 2:15 p.m.
+- **2020-01-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-01-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-01-21** Floor Amendment {
+- **2020-01-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-01-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-01-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-16** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
+- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 162 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7b8b287-9167-41b9-847e-d361b53c9e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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