---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs"
description: "Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "Maryland SB 535 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Jackson", "James", "Salling", "Smith", "West", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/048d9d7b-d537-4414-a118-fc573a3872de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0535?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7c0bd96caf5329a853f017a417a60c3cdecb6ecf4a75e55a345d5d8858df2dec"
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 535 (2023) — Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_212_sb0535e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0535e.pdf)
3. **First - Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs and Guide Dogs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0535f.pdf)
4. **Third - Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0535t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/048d9d7b-d537-4414-a118-fc573a3872de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).