Maryland House Bill 494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 26 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-26 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring an animal shelter to establish a written veterinary care protocol for dogs and cats, on or before January 1, 2017, that is consistent with the guidelines in the Association of Shelter Veterinarians' Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters; authorizing an animal shelter to disregard its written veterinary care protocol for a dog or cat that is deemed to be too vicious or dangerous to permit safe handling; requiring an animal shelter to make its written veterinary care protocol available to the public; etc.

Agriculture - Animal Shelters - Uniform Standards of Operation and Care (Animal Shelters Standards Act of 2016)

Del. Christian Miele [R]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Susan Aumann [R]	Del. Eric Bromwell [D]
Del. Jason Buckel [R]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Andrew Cassilly [R]	Del. John Cluster [R]
Del. Bob Flanagan [R]	Del. William Frick [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]	Del. Jay Jacobs [R]
Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Del. Brooke Lierman [D]	Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. Susan McComas [R]
Sen. Mike McKay [R]	Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]	Del. Dan Morhaim [D]
Del. April Rose [R]	Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Frank Turner [D]	Sen. Chris West [R]
Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2016-04-01 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-03-13 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (132-5) (Y: 132 N: 5 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-26	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267
2016-04-07	House	Returned Passed
2016-04-07	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2016-04-06	Senate	Second Reading Passed
2016-04-06	Senate	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-04-05	Senate	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2016-03-29	Senate	Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-03-17	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2016-03-16	House	Third Reading Passed (132-5)
2016-03-15	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments {790415/1 Report Adopted
2016-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
2016-02-24	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-15	House	Hearing cancelled
2016-02-17	House	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-01	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0494?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0494f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0494t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/Chapters_noln/CH_267_hb0494t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0004/hb0494_79041501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0004/hb0494.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0494_env.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0494_ehe.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0494,h-0424&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0494,s-1127&stab=02&ys=2016RS