---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing"
description: "Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 89"
citation: "Maryland HB 89 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Embry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-29"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acc05efd-84e9-4519-b618-00030713c7f5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0089?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9dfbf54fb2fd5d2958ead947bf5b08a32274f58cd801a75db1f57ef96f4f14e8"
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 89 (2025) — Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_156_hb0089t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0089f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0089t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 89 HB 136 HB 179 HB 241 HB 309 HB 437 HB 533 HB 675 HB 831 HB 943 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Embry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-16** Hearing 1/23 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acc05efd-84e9-4519-b618-00030713c7f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).