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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability"
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description: "Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 216"
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citation: "Maryland HB 216 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Actions and Procedures", "Agriculture", "Animals", "Emergency Medical Services", "Fees", "Liability", "Veterinarians"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-01-20"
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last_action: "2017-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59e68338-3dd3-41cb-b246-2159ff476e26"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB216&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "de5535cd26e7527aa14e2dcc87a845384afeaaa124c8fed860087805548e039e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 216 (2017) — Emergency Veterinary Care - Immunity From Liability
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0216t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **137–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **140–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Lam — primary (person)
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- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Barve — cosponsor (person)
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- Chang — cosponsor (person)
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- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
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- Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Hixson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
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- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
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- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
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- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
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- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Stein — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-20** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-21** Favorable with Amendments {110014/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-02-23** Third Reading Passed (137-1) `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {198470/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
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- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (140-1) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
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- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59e68338-3dd3-41cb-b246-2159ff476e26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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