---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Petition for Costs for Care of Seized Animal"
description: "Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Petition for Costs for Care of Seized Animal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1062"
citation: "Maryland HB 1062 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb01a7ec-b6d0-4972-bc07-02036ba22cde"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1062?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "37ffbef19a385ab8ba200e4f8e3cf359a5d81996a2cec2b8e6a50b577f3bbb34"
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 1062 (2022) — Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Petition for Costs for Care of Seized Animal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Petition for Costs for Care of Seized Animal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_180_hb1062e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Petition for Costs for Care of Seized Animal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1062e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Petition for Costs for Care of Seized Animal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1062f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Petition for Costs for Care of Seized Animal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb1062t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **129–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb01a7ec-b6d0-4972-bc07-02036ba22cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).