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type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards"
description: "Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Maryland SB 103 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-10-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/400f03e1-2c27-4ef4-9779-1213af15d02c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0103?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0c6ec374438e0b5658833340596b902adafb13cc25d219ae2cf621f0f5b1c1fa"
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 SB 103 (2021) — Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_448_sb0103e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Domestic Animals - Retail Pet Stores and the Task Force to Study Canine Breeding Facilities and Sourcing Standards** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0103e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation Retail Pet Stores Modifications (No More Puppy and KittenMills Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0103f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation Retail Pet Stores Modifications (No More Puppy and KittenMills Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0103t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **10631** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **434** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **452** (pass) · upper
- Offered by Senator Hough. — **1333** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kramer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Motion Special Order until 2/9 (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-10** Motion Laid Over (Senator Hough) Adopted
- **2021-02-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Hearing 4/05 at 5:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 448 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/400f03e1-2c27-4ef4-9779-1213af15d02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).