republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/hb-216.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability	Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	HB 216	Maryland HB 216 (2017)	bill	Civil Actions and Procedures Agriculture Animals Emergency Medical Services Fees Liability Veterinarians	enacted	Lam	1	15	3	2017-01-20	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/59e68338-3dd3-41cb-b246-2159ff476e26	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB216&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	de5535cd26e7527aa14e2dcc87a845384afeaaa124c8fed860087805548e039e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 216 (2017) — Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 137–1 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 140–1 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Lam — primary (person)
• A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Afzali — cosponsor (person)
• B. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Barve — cosponsor (person)
• Chang — cosponsor (person)
• Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
• Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Grammer — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Hixson — cosponsor (person)
• Jameson — cosponsor (person)
• K. Young — cosponsor (person)
• Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
• Krebs — cosponsor (person)
• Krimm — cosponsor (person)
• Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
• McDonough — cosponsor (person)
• Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
• Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Stein — cosponsor (person)
• Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-02-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-21 Favorable with Amendments {110014/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-21 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-02-23 Third Reading Passed (137-1) passage
• 2017-02-24 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Favorable with Amendments {198470/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed (140-1) passage
• 2017-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2017-05-04 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59e68338-3dd3-41cb-b246-2159ff476e26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).