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type: "Bill"
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title: "Anne Arundel County and Harford County - Courthouse Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program"
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description: "Anne Arundel County and Harford County - Courthouse Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program"
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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 77"
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citation: "Maryland SB 77 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts and Court Personnel - Local", "Anne Arundel County", "Civil Actions", "Dogs", "Harford County", "Minors", "Sunset", "Witnesses"]
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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: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2016-10-12"
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last_action: "2017-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82e23154-e7a6-42d4-92ce-934dd4e51781"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB77&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
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source_hash: "7251a694042a24e26e08ffb6f8f0c3044a5e1e1aae34b903bf7c68d71acedbd0"
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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 77 (2017) — Anne Arundel County and Harford County - Courthouse Dog and Child Witness Pilot Program
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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/sb0077f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Simonaire — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-02-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-08** Second Reading Passed
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- **2017-02-13** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2017-02-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-10** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
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- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
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- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
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- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 196 `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/82e23154-e7a6-42d4-92ce-934dd4e51781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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