republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2021/sb-7.md

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Bill	Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts	Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	SB 7	Maryland SB 7 (2021)	bill		enacted	Bailey Cassilly Hettleman Jackson Simonaire Smith Waldstreicher	3	15	2	2020-06-29	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/7e61b7f2-d5ec-466a-bc52-623ccd79d724	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0007?ys=2021RS&search=True	5a88ad211c9c572a6129ef1178db49063a7c632af01dc87039c3f812a59a9e06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 7 (2021) — Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Courts - Court Dog Program - Veterans Treatment Courts (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Courts – Court Dog Therapy Program – Veterans Treatment Courts (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Courts – Court Dog Therapy Program – Veterans Treatment Courts (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 134–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Cassilly — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)
• Simonaire — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-29 Pre-filed introduction
• 2021-01-13 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-12-28 Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2021-02-09 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-09 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-09 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2021-02-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-02-11 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-03-22 Hearing canceled
• 2021-04-01 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-02 Returned Passed
• 2021-05-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e61b7f2-d5ec-466a-bc52-623ccd79d724. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).