---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals"
description: "Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "Maryland SB 607 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7167890c-0d3b-4c55-ad76-b5a01fc67b93"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0607?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1576b38bd2f5fb3e28a2f8ed9a5615fee3e499dfdedd8fdf0ad56e883183d42f"
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 607 (2021) — Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_179_sb0607e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0607e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0607f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Harm to Service Animals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0607t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7167890c-0d3b-4c55-ad76-b5a01fc67b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).