republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/sb-159.md

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Bill	Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements	Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	SB 159	Maryland SB 159 (2021)	bill		enacted	Bailey Carter Cassilly Hettleman Hough Jackson Lee Smith Sydnor Waldstreicher West	4	16	3	2020-10-28	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/9f30f568-ff97-4a3a-819a-7919e4b6fea6	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0159?ys=2021RS&search=True	6a9c19d281d7081d0ba5fcc1d6b9d49ef471d9fe3c5940dd200759a0310386fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 159 (2021) — Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chapter - Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Local Government - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Criminal Law - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Criminal Law - Humane Society and Animal Control Officers - Education and Training Requirements (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On third reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 138–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Cassilly — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Hough — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Lee — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Sydnor — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-28 Pre-filed introduction
• 2021-01-13 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-12-28 Hearing 1/20 at 11:00 a.m.
• 2021-01-29 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-29 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-29 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2021-02-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-02-05 Referred Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation 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
• 2021-04-12 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2021-04-12 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-12 Passed Enrolled
• 2021-05-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f30f568-ff97-4a3a-819a-7919e4b6fea6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).