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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards"
+description: "Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 103"
+citation: "Maryland SB 103 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-10-29"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/400f03e1-2c27-4ef4-9779-1213af15d02c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0103?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "0c6ec374438e0b5658833340596b902adafb13cc25d219ae2cf621f0f5b1c1fa"
+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 103 (2021) — Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_sb0103e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0103e.pdf)
+3. **First - Business Regulation – Retail Pet Stores – Modifications (No More Puppy– and Kitten–Mills Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0103f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Business Regulation – Retail Pet Stores – Modifications (No More Puppy– and Kitten–Mills Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0103t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **106–31** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
+- Offered by Senator Hough. — **13–33** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-05** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-05** Motion Special Order until 2/9 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
+- **2021-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-10** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-02-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
+- **2021-02-16** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-02-16** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 5:00 p.m.
+- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 448 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/400f03e1-2c27-4ef4-9779-1213af15d02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+