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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat"
+description: "Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 44"
+citation: "Maryland SB 44 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Kramer", "Sydnor", "West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-10-15"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/872d48ee-e92b-440f-b236-28e9f117ec7d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0044?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "b84ae3905e04df53bb142456fcc16372c88ae1ccc6ebc0718c4edc5764e92db4"
+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 44 (2022) — Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_182_sb0044t.pdf)
+2. **First - Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0044f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0044t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **120–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Kramer — primary (person)
+- Sydnor — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-04** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/7 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
+- **2022-03-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-07** Motion Special Order until 3/21 (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2022-03-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-21** Floor Amendment {
+- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2022-04-21** 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/872d48ee-e92b-440f-b236-28e9f117ec7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+