---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts"
description: "Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 67"
citation: "Maryland SB 67 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-05"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b8b9085-b93c-4158-b203-40d27bba1070"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0067?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df79a16897ffd0a5ba7dcbd4a1a2bfdd0eae398d49759d2bdf5cbe8d1717bf53"
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 67 (2022) — Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_179_sb0067t.pdf)
2. **First - Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0067f.pdf)
3. **Third - Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0067t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **102–24** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment Jennings /843821/1 — **18–29** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **32–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-02-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2022-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** 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/1b8b9085-b93c-4158-b203-40d27bba1070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).