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| Bill | Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law) | Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law) | us/states/md | Maryland General Assembly | 2025 | HB 438 | Maryland HB 438 (2025) |
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Maryland HB 438 (2025) — Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Chapter - Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law) (committee substitute) — source
- First - Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (committee substitute) — source
- Third - Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- On Third Reading — 139–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Nkongolo — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-16 First Reading Judiciary
referral-committee - 2025-01-17 Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2025-02-03 Hearing canceled
- 2025-02-03 Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- 2025-03-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-11 Favorable with Amendments {
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-11 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2025-03-11 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2025-03-12 Referred Judicial Proceedings
referral-committee - 2025-03-27 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-27 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-02 Third Reading Passed
passage - 2025-04-02 Returned Passed
- 2025-04-22 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1b56f8a-ae98-4b27-8130-900be7db911e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).