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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts"
+description: "Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 7"
+citation: "Maryland SB 7 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Cassilly", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Waldstreicher"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-06-29"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e61b7f2-d5ec-466a-bc52-623ccd79d724"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "5a88ad211c9c572a6129ef1178db49063a7c632af01dc87039c3f812a59a9e06"
+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 7 (2021) — Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_182_sb0007t.pdf)
+2. **First - Courts – Court Dog Therapy Program – Veterans Treatment Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0007f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Courts – Court Dog Therapy Program – Veterans Treatment Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0007t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Cassilly — primary (person)
+- Hettleman — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-02-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-11** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-02** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e61b7f2-d5ec-466a-bc52-623ccd79d724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+