---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law – Animal Cruelty – Sentencing Conditions"
description: "Criminal Law – Animal Cruelty – Sentencing Conditions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1038"
citation: "Maryland SB 1038 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Law - Procedure", "Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Abuse", "Animals", "Commerce and Business", "Crimes and Punishments", "Parole and Probation", "Penalties and Sentences"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a6ec61-00fc-4e4a-9716-848da3889dae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1038&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "cbca72e4527f4c8fea88bd208b5b769b83a79742e3d7cdf266d23b8601608f62"
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 1038 (2018) — Criminal Law – Animal Cruelty – Sentencing Conditions

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1038f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {168977/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (133-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 238 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74a6ec61-00fc-4e4a-9716-848da3889dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).