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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements"
+description: "Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 281"
+citation: "Maryland HB 281 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chang"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-10-05"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fded72-abbc-4bcc-85d5-96f9280c8479"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0281?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "996c017748d32405d03dfa3d95cc8727119b4488ad79621c6129d1d934c7cc30"
+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 281 (2021) — Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_226_hb0281e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0281e.pdf)
+3. **First - Criminal Law - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0281f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0281t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–1** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **130–1** (pass) · lower
+- HB 281 HB 541 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/29 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-01-04** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/29 at 11:00 a.m.
+- **2021-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51fded72-abbc-4bcc-85d5-96f9280c8479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+