republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-563.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against	Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 563	Maryland HB 563 (2026)	bill		enacted	Arikan Behler Cardin Conaway Mangione McComas Moon Moreno Phillips Simmons Stinnett Valentine Woods	4	18	3	2026-01-28	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/7bd20360-123d-4c9f-a951-89d9ea2b59e9	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0563?ys=2026RS	f8c3820ee9f4e9943f093e4fd9e275322043a0ec149faa258836b9a743bb116d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 563 (2026) — Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Criminal Law - Emergency Response Animal - Prohibited Actions Against (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 133–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 125–0 (pass) · lower
• Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arikan — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Conaway — primary (person)
• Mangione — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Moon — primary (person)
• Moreno — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• Valentine — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-21 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2026-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-08 Motion Special Order until 4/9 (Senator Henson) Adopted
• 2026-04-09 Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Henson) Adopted
• 2026-04-10 Floor Amendment {
• 2026-04-10 Third Readings Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-10 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bd20360-123d-4c9f-a951-89d9ea2b59e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).