---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)"
description: "Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 564"
citation: "Maryland HB 564 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Behler", "Bhandari", "Cardin", "Chang", "Cullison", "D. Jones", "Ebersole", "Embry", "Fair", "Forbes", "Guyton", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b56d5f-56c5-4922-a22b-9be884ebcb55"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0564?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "aa3d8174ae67aaf20f47f7ef38f8b5dc6124375583ea6f7fc43b4e80548beac0"
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 564 (2026) — Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_547_hb0564e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0564e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0564f.pdf)
4. **Third - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0564t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Embry — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Reassigned to Health
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `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** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b56d5f-56c5-4922-a22b-9be884ebcb55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).