---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension and Report"
description: "Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension and Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Maryland HB 191 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Foley", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Healey", "Jalisi", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Love", "Prettyman", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-09"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/335a626a-d7f2-496a-aef4-970907e0c868"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0191?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bfd028187d68bc6fe9ba696cc5ef1e63ed9f53443fddc2203f0332fdf7bbceec"
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 191 (2022) — Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension and Report

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_472_hb0191t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0191f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund - Extension and Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0191t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Jalisi — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Prettyman — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-09** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** Hearing 1/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/335a626a-d7f2-496a-aef4-970907e0c868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).