---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs"
description: "St. Mary's County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 104"
citation: "Maryland SB 104 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Dogs", "Identification", "Licenses", "St. Mary's County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waugh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf15385b-5fb4-4292-ae56-7ea362878cf3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB104&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "3726834f446c40afd0869c07fab756e7b2d35673c627e35c3e1636e41ce4df2a"
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 104 (2017) — St. Mary's County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs

## 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/sb/sb0104f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Waugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-27** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-01** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-02** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 292 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf15385b-5fb4-4292-ae56-7ea362878cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).