---
type: "Bill"
title: "Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets"
description: "Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 897"
citation: "Maryland HB 897 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beitzel", "Buckel", "Cox", "Hornberger", "McComas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be4804b-32d7-460d-8ae5-eab7ca412322"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0897?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "31c85de80415906d0bafd94fc3f1789d7dfaab4fcda7b6bf9f11bc5c21142e73"
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 897 (2020) — Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_357_hb0897t.pdf)
2. **First - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0897f.pdf)
3. **Third - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0897t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beitzel — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 357 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7be4804b-32d7-460d-8ae5-eab7ca412322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).