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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition"
description: "Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "Maryland SB 547 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Feldman", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Lewis Young", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69e6977-b84e-4bf3-b1ae-b154a99577a9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0547?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "498d39de5afc7536341c2ff3a3783b9313d292539ea8dd49359d3c6c4891a405"
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 547 (2024) — Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_596_sb0547e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0547e.pdf)
3. **First - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0547f.pdf)
4. **Third - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0547t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **10432** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **367** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **377** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Feldman — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f69e6977-b84e-4bf3-b1ae-b154a99577a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).