Maryland House Bill 403 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-17 - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring a specified person who sells a dog or cat to provide the purchaser with a health certificate issued by a veterinarian not more than 30 days before the date of sale; requiring a person who sells a dog or cat to disclose specified health information about the dog or cat to a purchaser; providing that false or misleading statements in a health certificate for a dog or cat for sale is an unfair or deceptive trade practice; and providing for specified penalties for specified violations.

Business Regulation - Sales of Dogs and Cats - Required Health Certificate

Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. Charles Barkley [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]
Del. Barbara Frush [D]	Del. Cheryl Glenn [D]	Del. Richard Impallaria [R]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]
Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Del. Dana Stein [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-17	House	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
2015-02-24	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2015-02-06	House	First Reading Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0403?ys=2015rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/bills/hb/hb0403f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0403.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2015RS/votes_comm/hb0403_ecm.pdf