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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat"
description: "Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Maryland SB 44 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Kramer", "Sydnor", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-15"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/872d48ee-e92b-440f-b236-28e9f117ec7d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0044?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b84ae3905e04df53bb142456fcc16372c88ae1ccc6ebc0718c4edc5764e92db4"
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 44 (2022) — Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_182_sb0044t.pdf)
2. **First - Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0044f.pdf)
3. **Third - Crimes - Unattended Dogs - Extreme Weather Conditions and Heat** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0044t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **12015** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/7 (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2022-03-07** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Motion Special Order until 3/21 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-03-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/872d48ee-e92b-440f-b236-28e9f117ec7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).