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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Law – Sexual Contact With an Animal – Aggravated Cruelty to Animals"
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description: "Criminal Law – Sexual Contact With an Animal – Aggravated Cruelty to Animals"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 641"
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citation: "Maryland HB 641 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes", "Public Safety", "Abuse", "Animals", "Crimes and Punishments", "Sexual Offenses", "Violence"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-02-06"
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last_action: "2019-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08613b21-df80-46a5-a613-81fad6580c73"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB641&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "686b20640a6fc688d53496bc27eb169415881fa71f182f0891684612413c6562"
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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 HB 641 (2019) — Criminal Law – Sexual Contact With an Animal – Aggravated Cruelty to Animals
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0641f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Atterbeary — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
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- Arikan — cosponsor (person)
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- Barve — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Cardin — cosponsor (person)
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- D.E. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
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- Grammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Love — cosponsor (person)
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- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
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- Malone — cosponsor (person)
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- McComas — cosponsor (person)
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- Moon — cosponsor (person)
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- Otto — cosponsor (person)
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- Parrott — cosponsor (person)
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- Qi — cosponsor (person)
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- Shetty — cosponsor (person)
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- Stein — cosponsor (person)
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- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Fisher — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-06** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {112212/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {888773/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (43-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Concur - Senate Amendments
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- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Passed Enrolled
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- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 `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/08613b21-df80-46a5-a613-81fad6580c73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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