---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government - Regulation of Animals - Kennel Licenses"
description: "Local Government - Regulation of Animals - Kennel Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 334"
citation: "Maryland HB 334 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Generally", "Business Regulation and Occupations", "Animals", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e67ada2-49ff-4c38-8f18-fb7ea56e65c7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB334&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "0e6bb47c1fc2e6a5d9b6e53873d299d64b65504696bbd8aa43f95b3282dafe3d"
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 HB 334 (2017) — Local Government - Regulation of Animals - Kennel Licenses

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0334f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **123–15** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kramer — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- McConkey — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Favorable with Amendments {180613/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-23** Third Reading Passed (123-15) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e67ada2-49ff-4c38-8f18-fb7ea56e65c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).