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Bill	State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners – Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties	State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners – Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	HB 545	Maryland HB 545 (2020)	bill		enacted	Adams Anderton Arentz Beitzel Boyce Buckel C. Watson Charkoudian Corderman Ebersole Griffith Hartman Hornberger Impallaria Jacobs Johnson Kerr Kipke Krebs Long Mangione McComas McKay Metzgar Moon Otto P. Young Palakovich Carr Parrott R. Watson Reilly Shetty Shoemaker Szeliga Wilson	3	13	1	2020-01-27	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e8791d8a-5a41-4612-8a13-06e10ab3a4ed	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0545?ys=2020RS&search=True	a786710c3fa8312e51035e6c20e00200f8d2cf36f38075ea43c9c830e3927de4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 545 (2020) — State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners – Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners – Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties (committee substitute) — source
2. First - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Practicing Veterinary Medicine Without a License - Cease and Desist Order and Civil Penalty (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners – Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 138–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)
• Anderton — primary (person)
• Arentz — primary (person)
• Beitzel — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Buckel — primary (person)
• C. Watson — primary (person)
• Charkoudian — primary (person)
• Corderman — primary (person)
• Ebersole — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Hartman — primary (person)
• Hornberger — primary (person)
• Impallaria — primary (person)
• Jacobs — primary (person)
• Johnson — primary (person)
• Kerr — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Krebs — primary (person)
• Long — primary (person)
• Mangione — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• McKay — primary (person)
• Metzgar — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Otto — primary (person)
• P. Young — primary (person)
• Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
• Parrott — primary (person)
• R. Watson — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Shetty — primary (person)
• Shoemaker — primary (person)
• Szeliga — primary (person)
• Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Reassigned to Environment and Transportation
• 2020-02-03 Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-03 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-06 Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs referral-committee
• 2020-03-16 Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-16 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-16 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-17 Returned Passed
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 243 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8791d8a-5a41-4612-8a13-06e10ab3a4ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).