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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)"
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description: "Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 438"
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citation: "Maryland HB 438 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bartlett", "Cardin", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lehman", "Nkongolo", "Phillips", "Ruth", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Simpson", "Stinnett", "Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b56f8a-ae98-4b27-8130-900be7db911e"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0438?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "3903f17169d2e953f1aada4ecb5c2f1f87b76feaeade65d7a74f1de2375aa354"
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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 438 (2025) — Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)
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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 - Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_101_hb0438t.pdf)
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2. **First - Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0438f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0438t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Arikan — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Cardin — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Lehman — primary (person)
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- Nkongolo — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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- Schmidt — primary (person)
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- Simpson — primary (person)
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- Stinnett — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-02-03** Hearing canceled
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- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
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- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 `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/e1b56f8a-ae98-4b27-8130-900be7db911e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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