---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Definitions"
description: "Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Definitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "Maryland SB 284 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5c36c7-161a-42b9-9e96-c9590d548737"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0284?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "419ea678224b49a32d99f8c3f7466d84497467b30833182aaa8cb69e20c845ee"
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 284 (2021) — Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Definitions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_308_sb0284t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0284f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Definitions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0284t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-01** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/02 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e5c36c7-161a-42b9-9e96-c9590d548737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).