---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established"
description: "Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Maryland SB 101 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Carozza", "Carter", "Cassilly", "Eckardt", "Feldman", "Gallion", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Lee", "Ready", "Salling", "Simonaire", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West", "Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-10-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7b8b287-9167-41b9-847e-d361b53c9e90"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0101?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "474bc2bf9eb66b317ce80ffe3175ca718f04987680592219ea6642d4d29078c6"
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 101 (2020) — Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_162_sb0101e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0101e.pdf)
3. **First - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0101f.pdf)
4. **Third - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0101t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Cassilly — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Gallion — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-03** Hearing 1/09 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2020-01-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-01-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-01-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 162 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7b8b287-9167-41b9-847e-d361b53c9e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).