---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts"
description: "Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Maryland HB 186 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Malone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb10857-a031-4d9e-af4e-99435a480162"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0186?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "74cd8355007d5154cfb7c9223bd3774e70412cc3dc1806cb0fb84ca28758831b"
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 186 (2021) — Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_181_hb0186t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts – Court Dog Therapy Program – Veterans Treatment Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0186f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0186t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 186 HB 257 HB 290 HB 321 HB 384 HB 449 HB 593 HB 646 HB 794 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Malone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fb10857-a031-4d9e-af4e-99435a480162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).