---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability"
description: "Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "Maryland SB 269 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Actions and Procedures", "Agriculture", "Animals", "Emergency Medical Services", "Fees", "Liability", "Veterinarians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e2fdf09-edcd-4b15-978d-ae17205a5444"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB269&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "6c100820602bcc2102ba152ce038cab214446deebca000ce8275608f882c8867"
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 269 (2017) — Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability

## 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/sb0269f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {718574/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/29 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 (137-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e2fdf09-edcd-4b15-978d-ae17205a5444`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).