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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability"
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description: "Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability"
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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 455"
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citation: "Maryland HB 455 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Abuse", "Animals", "Crimes and Punishments"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-26"
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last_action: "2017-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a62a57d7-c3cf-493f-ae31-1cdd3b712170"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB455&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "bfff0f1235f09aa36de9c0703be8a30fc19cd2b41f33c19e7047db5d5bf0ca93"
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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 455 (2017) — Criminal Law - Animal Cruelty - Applicability
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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/hb0455f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **131–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Atterbeary — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Chang — cosponsor (person)
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- Frush — cosponsor (person)
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- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
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- McComas — cosponsor (person)
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- Moon — cosponsor (person)
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- Morhaim — cosponsor (person)
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- Parrott — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
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- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-26** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
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- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (131-5) `passage`
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- **2017-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
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- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
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- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 `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/a62a57d7-c3cf-493f-ae31-1cdd3b712170`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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