---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program – Definitions – Therapy Horse"
description: "Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program – Definitions – Therapy Horse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 910"
citation: "Maryland SB 910 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a5a34e2-8b95-4d71-a93a-50c211a4c6c1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0910?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8a158eaa175f30e30b4ab162316fbb1c132c42f1c2052f809dc09ab7a18bf2e8"
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 910 (2023) — Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program – Definitions – Therapy Horse

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program – Definitions – Therapy Horse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_758_sb0910t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program – Definitions – Therapy Horse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0910f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program – Definitions – Therapy Horse** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0910t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2023-03-01** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 758 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a5a34e2-8b95-4d71-a93a-50c211a4c6c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).