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type: "Bill"
title: "Humane Adoption of Companion Animals Used in Research Act of 2018"
description: "Humane Adoption of Companion Animals Used in Research Act of 2018"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 675"
citation: "Maryland SB 675 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Public Health", "Adoption - see also- Parents and Guardians", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Animals", "Animal Shelters", "Contracts", "Dogs", "Industry and Technology", "Medical Research", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hough"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9758cd8-a7fd-4d17-980e-4896d37f1c3d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB675&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "bd7374ae78d9a4f877d22e1dd89100e5f958e97523521c740398ce39843d8e42"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland SB 675 (2018) — Humane Adoption of Companion Animals Used in Research Act of 2018
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0675f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
- Floor amendment Hough /273925/1 — **1626** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hough — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Norman — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2018-02-05** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {504634/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Floor Amendment {273925/1 (Senator Hough) Rejected (16-26) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9758cd8-a7fd-4d17-980e-4896d37f1c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).