republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-564.md

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Bill	Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)	Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 564	Maryland HB 564 (2026)	bill		enacted	Allen Alston Bagnall Behler Bhandari Cardin Chang Cullison D. Jones Ebersole Embry Fair Forbes Guyton Guzzone Hill Hutchinson Kaufman Kipke Lopez Martinez Reilly Rosenberg Ross Ruth S. Johnson Taveras White Holland Woorman	4	21	3	2026-01-28	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/56b56d5f-56c5-4922-a22b-9be884ebcb55	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0564?ys=2026RS	aa3d8174ae67aaf20f47f7ef38f8b5dc6124375583ea6f7fc43b4e80548beac0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 564 (2026) — Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Business Regulation - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Pet Cremation and Burial Services - Requirements (Pet Cremation and Burial Services Consumer Protection Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 126–1 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 46–1 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 132–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Alston — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Behler — primary (person)
• Bhandari — primary (person)
• Cardin — primary (person)
• Chang — primary (person)
• Cullison — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Ebersole — primary (person)
• Embry — primary (person)
• Fair — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Guyton — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Martinez — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Rosenberg — primary (person)
• Ross — primary (person)
• Ruth — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Woorman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-05 Reassigned to Health
• 2026-02-05 Hearing canceled
• 2026-02-05 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-05 Hearing canceled
• 2026-02-05 Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2026-03-03 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-04 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-05 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-10 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-10 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-12 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56b56d5f-56c5-4922-a22b-9be884ebcb55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).