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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition"
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description: "Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 547"
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citation: "Maryland SB 547 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Feldman", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Lewis Young", "West"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-25"
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last_action: "2024-05-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69e6977-b84e-4bf3-b1ae-b154a99577a9"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0547?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "498d39de5afc7536341c2ff3a3783b9313d292539ea8dd49359d3c6c4891a405"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 547 (2024) — Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_596_sb0547e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0547e.pdf)
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3. **First - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0547f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0547t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **104–32** (pass) · lower
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- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **36–7** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **37–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elfreth — primary (person)
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- Feldman — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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- Lewis Young — primary (person)
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- West — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-27** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
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- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-28** Floor Amendment {
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- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
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- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
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- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f69e6977-b84e-4bf3-b1ae-b154a99577a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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