---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts - Immunity From Liability - Donation of Pet Supplies"
description: "Courts - Immunity From Liability - Donation of Pet Supplies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 314"
citation: "Maryland SB 314 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56faa2c1-9820-4f6b-9e2f-89d0a53e00e6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0314?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5667c1c06a78e6000c182a7b2696310184d721a25ad0c0ea1bc2f982fbf425db"
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 314 (2026) — Courts - Immunity From Liability - Donation of Pet Supplies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Courts - Immunity From Liability - Donation of Pet Supplies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_464_sb0314t.pdf)
2. **First - Courts - Immunity From Liability - Donation of Pet Supplies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0314f.pdf)
3. **Third - Courts - Immunity From Liability - Donation of Pet Supplies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0314t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-27** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-27** Hearing 2/03 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56faa2c1-9820-4f6b-9e2f-89d0a53e00e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).