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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing"
description: "Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Maryland SB 152 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-09-29"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbec466a-c24d-4574-a2b8-7a53529cb3f7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0152?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "021e8b01d0c4222c8b1be75f1cc9b0119ebc432ce41803282acf9bc9032d3226"
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 152 (2025) — Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_157_sb0152t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0152f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0152t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1311** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-02** Hearing 1/09 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 157 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbec466a-c24d-4574-a2b8-7a53529cb3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).