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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans Affairs - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Establishment"
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description: "Veterans Affairs - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Establishment"
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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: "SB 441"
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citation: "Maryland SB 441 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Social Services - Generally", "State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Animals", "Dogs", "General Assembly", "Gifts", "Job Training", "Names", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Reports", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations", "Veterans Affairs", "Department of", "Veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2017-01-30"
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last_action: "2017-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3125a752-89b4-4b2d-9f3f-9c1fef5c28ef"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB441&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "38aeb4cda2128a983cd5bce09afb46c8cfd4a2fe5fdbb09374ea9a6a37412898"
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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 SB 441 (2017) — Veterans Affairs - Maryland Veterans Service Animal Program - Establishment
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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/sb/sb0441f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Simonaire — primary (person)
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- Astle — cosponsor (person)
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- Bates — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
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- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Currie — cosponsor (person)
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- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
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- Hough — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
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- Manno — cosponsor (person)
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- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
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- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Muse — cosponsor (person)
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- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
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- Norman — cosponsor (person)
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- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
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- Ready — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
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- Salling — cosponsor (person)
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- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Young — cosponsor (person)
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- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
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- Zucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-30** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {214235/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-08** Floor Amendment {243522/1 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2017-03-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {626087/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (138-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
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- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
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- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 `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/3125a752-89b4-4b2d-9f3f-9c1fef5c28ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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