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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes Relating to Animals - Restrictions on Keeping Roosters"
description: "Crimes Relating to Animals - Restrictions on Keeping Roosters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 375"
citation: "Maryland SB 375 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6f6f18d-f8d5-431f-97c3-f1d45b9cdfd6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0375?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bb8f4c46cf338bc9c5a601c5735a9d77497ee6e2bcead87e2e99d346c4d22875"
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 375 (2025) — Crimes Relating to Animals - Restrictions on Keeping Roosters
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Crimes Relating to Animals - Restrictions on Keeping Roosters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_184_sb0375t.pdf)
2. **First - Agriculture - Roosters - Restrictions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0375f.pdf)
3. **Third - Crimes Relating to Animals - Restrictions on Keeping Roosters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0375t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1285** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kramer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-17** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6f6f18d-f8d5-431f-97c3-f1d45b9cdfd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).