---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions"
description: "Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "Maryland HB 626 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bagnall", "Bridges", "Charkoudian", "Cullison", "Fennell", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Love", "Patterson", "Qi", "R. Lewis", "Reznik", "Ruth", "Shetty", "Solomon", "Stein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54b64d80-28c1-4011-89f3-790fa56fe11e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0626?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4007cd67a33075cc25c9f34a8cf31026683f6b5b38bba84e981b40795430a4e7"
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 626 (2023) — Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_447_hb0626e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0626e.pdf)
3. **First - Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Licensure** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0626f.pdf)
4. **Third - Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0626t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Health and Government Operations and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54b64d80-28c1-4011-89f3-790fa56fe11e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).