---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections"
description: "Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 102"
citation: "Maryland HB 102 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Barve", "Boyce", "Ciliberti", "Foley", "Guyton", "Healey", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Lehman", "Love", "Nawrocki", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-10"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b60e501-d777-4f89-9bb1-09e6709b0909"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0102?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1f1ee78ebf6fac1d5aa958bf178125eb8dd4602d57baade972357e2e07812c2d"
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 102 (2023) — Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_488_hb0102t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0102f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0102t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Hearing 1/31 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b60e501-d777-4f89-9bb1-09e6709b0909`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).