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type: "Bill"
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title: "Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts"
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description: "Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 22"
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citation: "Maryland HB 22 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Belcastro", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "R. Lewis", "Ruth", "Terrasa"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-09-30"
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last_action: "2022-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b2e628e-9feb-410a-8a5f-b9aaeffb7dbf"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0022?ys=2022RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "a0a612c00b8c497c464c53cfec8c0b8df93f7beff57700fb3c9061bb1900d3ba"
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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 22 (2022) — Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts
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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. **Chapter - Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_178_hb0022t.pdf)
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2. **First - Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0022f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Animal Welfare - Declawing Cats - Prohibited Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0022t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **112–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Belcastro — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Charkoudian — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- Terrasa — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-09-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-10** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-03-11** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed
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- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 `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/0b2e628e-9feb-410a-8a5f-b9aaeffb7dbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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