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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Prohibition on Testing Cosmetics on Animals"
description: "Public Health - Prohibition on Testing Cosmetics on Animals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 611"
citation: "Maryland HB 611 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53bc234d-7ffc-4cc5-a57a-6a395811e238"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0611?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8bd5f754bd99437d2066d49966b103d765d4578d486a635573e26decc59ba204"
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 611 (2021) — Public Health - Prohibition on Testing Cosmetics on Animals
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Public Health - Prohibition on Testing Cosmetics on Animals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_773_hb0611t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Prohibition on Testing Cosmetics on Animals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0611f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Prohibition on Testing Cosmetics on Animals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0611t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **9539** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hill — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-15** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 773 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53bc234d-7ffc-4cc5-a57a-6a395811e238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).