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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against"
+description: "Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 360"
+citation: "Maryland SB 360 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Henson", "Love", "McKay", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e87fbc3f-8354-44b9-a1aa-afb06a17e114"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0360?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "3d9d189877584964df569c0346a494b339ac1f677fa31395de62f39f23bdb4d3"
+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 360 (2026) — Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_401_sb0360e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0360e.pdf)
+3. **First - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0360f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0360t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Henson — primary (person)
+- Love — primary (person)
+- McKay — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e87fbc3f-8354-44b9-a1aa-afb06a17e114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+