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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)"
+description: "Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 338"
+citation: "Maryland SB 338 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-08-13"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6016977f-4343-4c30-93f3-b0184137a5f5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0338?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "b2092ce0d7da0d754eb23cc91942c7012c710a31bdf7f93104229cb49997dab4"
+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 338 (2021) — Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_310_sb0338t.pdf)
+2. **First - Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0338f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Local Government – Animal Control Facilities – Adoption Fee Waiver for Veterans (Pets for Vets Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0338t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-06** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-01-19** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2021-02-01** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/02 at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2021-02-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-19** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-25** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6016977f-4343-4c30-93f3-b0184137a5f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+