republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/sb-101.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	SB 101	Maryland SB 101 (2020)	bill		enacted	Beidle Carozza Carter Cassilly Eckardt Feldman Gallion Guzzone Hester Lee Ready Salling Simonaire Smith Sydnor Waldstreicher West Young	4	20	4	2019-10-17	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d7b8b287-9167-41b9-847e-d361b53c9e90	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0101?ys=2020RS&search=True	474bc2bf9eb66b317ce80ffe3175ca718f04987680592219ea6642d4d29078c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 101 (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 — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — 131–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — 130–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beidle — primary (person)
• Carozza — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Cassilly — primary (person)
• Eckardt — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Gallion — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Lee — primary (person)
• Ready — primary (person)
• Salling — primary (person)
• Simonaire — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Sydnor — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-10-17 Pre-filed introduction
• 2020-01-08 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-01-03 Hearing 1/09 at 2:15 p.m.
• 2020-01-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-21 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-01-21 Floor Amendment {
• 2020-01-21 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-01-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-01-24 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-03-10 Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-14 Hearing canceled
• 2020-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-16 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-16 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
• 2020-03-16 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-17 Senate Concurs House 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 162 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7b8b287-9167-41b9-847e-d361b53c9e90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).