---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caroline County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs"
description: "Caroline County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 703"
citation: "Maryland SB 703 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caroline County Senators"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afd4d379-33e3-4ac1-a5bd-b082e5dd8866"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0703?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "99cea2f4fccc7448b1ffb34d6d68f9b39720e096e3d0043b82d0fbf154328037"
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 703 (2026) — Caroline County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Caroline County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_340_sb0703t.pdf)
2. **First - Caroline County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0703f.pdf)
3. **Third - Caroline County - Regulation of Animals - Dogs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0703t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caroline County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 340 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afd4d379-33e3-4ac1-a5bd-b082e5dd8866`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).