---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines"
description: "Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 171"
citation: "Maryland HB 171 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Cox", "Guyton", "Hornberger", "K. Young", "Lehman", "McComas", "Metzgar", "Morgan", "Pippy", "R. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8aabd7f-1b0c-42da-87cb-d77ef53c6a67"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0171?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e58bf5714934f877ee8c223c62d445ad0b88cc2c09b2d279bc2b39d4b57d8844"
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 171 (2020) — Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_93_hb0171t.pdf)
2. **First - Crimes Against Animals - Interference With Livestock** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0171f.pdf)
3. **Third - Crimes Against Animals – Interference With Equines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0171t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- K. Young — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 93 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8aabd7f-1b0c-42da-87cb-d77ef53c6a67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).