---
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: "SB 353"
citation: "Maryland SB 353 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1067e336-fe1e-47e9-9ef6-d78a741cc8ec"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0353?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b0e5dbd5b8350f0ad520b058226688900b50b0bfe1b171c253f5c04b006f0d21"
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 353 (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_358_sb0353t.pdf)
2. **First - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0353f.pdf)
3. **Third - Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund - Pets** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0353t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-27** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-27** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 358 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1067e336-fe1e-47e9-9ef6-d78a741cc8ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).