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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Veterinary Care of Retired Law Enforcement K-9s Act"
description: "Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Veterinary Care of Retired Law Enforcement K-9s Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Maryland SB 156 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-03"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2de6149-68b7-4fd1-b35d-a6fbb3eb8bbc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0156?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "537f559737c01a22ef9054599b5c1f662149302e99ce8a8717f648fb7e4dd603"
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 156 (2021) — Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Veterinary Care of Retired Law Enforcement K-9s Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Veterinary Care of Retired Law Enforcement K-9s Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_90_sb0156t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Veterinary Care of Retired Law Enforcement K-9s Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0156f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Veterinary Care of Retired Law Enforcement K-9s Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0156t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1340** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kramer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-10-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/19 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 90 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2de6149-68b7-4fd1-b35d-a6fbb3eb8bbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).