republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/hb-311.md

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Bill	Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established	Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	HB 311	Maryland HB 311 (2020)	bill		enacted	Arikan Ciliberti Malone	4	16	3	2020-01-20	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c8b7083a-f253-4784-b1f3-dacd993b6b76	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0311?ys=2020RS&search=True	2f62fdf0cb5904dd0fdcf747e6635ebff8048a37f2c1c1e7d3e593d5be490eb6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 311 (2020) — Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chapter - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Courts - Court Dog and Child Witness Program - Established (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 129–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 134–0 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arikan — primary (person)
• Ciliberti — primary (person)
• Malone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-20 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-02-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-11 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-11 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-02-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-02-14 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-03-14 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-14 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-15 Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
• 2020-03-17 Floor Amendment {
• 2020-03-17 Third Readings Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-17 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2020-03-17 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-17 Passed Enrolled
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 161 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8b7083a-f253-4784-b1f3-dacd993b6b76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).