republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/hb-455.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability	Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	HB 455	Maryland HB 455 (2017)	bill	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Abuse Animals Crimes and Punishments	enacted	Atterbeary	1	13	2	2017-01-26	2017-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/a62a57d7-c3cf-493f-ae31-1cdd3b712170	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB455&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	bfff0f1235f09aa36de9c0703be8a30fc19cd2b41f33c19e7047db5d5bf0ca93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 455 (2017) — Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability

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 — 131–5 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Atterbeary — primary (person)
• Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Chang — cosponsor (person)
• Frush — cosponsor (person)
• Kramer — cosponsor (person)
• McComas — cosponsor (person)
• Moon — cosponsor (person)
• Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
• Parrott — cosponsor (person)
• Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
• Turner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-13 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-14 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-14 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-03-15 Third Reading Passed (131-5) passage
• 2017-03-16 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-07 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2017-04-07 Returned Passed
• 2017-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a62a57d7-c3cf-493f-ae31-1cdd3b712170. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).