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type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties"
description: "State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 545"
citation: "Maryland HB 545 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8791d8a-5a41-4612-8a13-06e10ab3a4ed"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0545?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a786710c3fa8312e51035e6c20e00200f8d2cf36f38075ea43c9c830e3927de4"
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 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](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_243_hb0545t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Practicing Veterinary Medicine Without a License - Cease and Desist Order and Civil Penalty** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0545f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0545t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1380** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8791d8a-5a41-4612-8a13-06e10ab3a4ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).