---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against"
description: "Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 360"
citation: "Maryland SB 360 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Henson", "Love", "McKay", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e87fbc3f-8354-44b9-a1aa-afb06a17e114"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0360?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3d9d189877584964df569c0346a494b339ac1f677fa31395de62f39f23bdb4d3"
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 360 (2026) — Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_401_sb0360e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0360e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0360f.pdf)
4. **Third - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0360t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e87fbc3f-8354-44b9-a1aa-afb06a17e114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).