---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
description: "State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Maryland HB 549 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ac9b08-96eb-45fb-9daf-a729daabe748"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0549?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "32cf881b96b03aef9e9de6f456620cc48f1f4c0cddccbfc304c1727cf36863a0"
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 549 (2020) — State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_249_hb0549t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0549f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0549t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 249 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11ac9b08-96eb-45fb-9daf-a729daabe748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).