Maryland House Bill 583 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-9)
Status: Engrossed on March 16 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-17 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from possessing, with the intent to unlawfully use, an implement of dogfighting; establishing penalties for a violation of the Act; providing a penalty for violation of the Act of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or a fine not to exceed $5,000 or both; providing that each implement of dogfighting possessed in violation of the Act is a separate offense; and authorizing a court to order a specified defendant to participate in and pay for psychological counseling as a condition of sentencing.

Criminal Law - Cruelty to Animals - Implement of Dogfighting

Sen. Clarence Lam [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]	Del. Vanessa Atterbeary [D]	Del. Charles Barkley [D]
Del. Ben Barnes [D]	Del. Kumar Barve [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. William Frick [D]	Del. Barbara Frush [D]
Del. Sheila Hixson [D]	Del. Seth Howard [R]	Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Del. Mary Ann Lisanti [D]
Del. Bob Long [R]	Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. Michael Malone [R]	Del. Susan McComas [R]
Del. Christian Miele [R]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Dan Morhaim [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]
Del. Andrew Platt [D]	Del. Kirill Reznik [D]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Del. April Rose [R]
Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Carlos Sanchez [D]	Del. Haven Shoemaker [R]	Del. Dana Stein [D]
Del. Frank Turner [D]	Del. Kriselda Valderrama [D]	Del. Joseph Vallario [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]
Sen. Chris West [R]	Del. Brett Wilson [R]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

2016-03-13 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-1) (Y: 137 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-17	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
2016-03-16	House	Third Reading Passed (137-1)
2016-03-15	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-03-15	House	Favorable with Amendments {342316/1 Report Adopted
2016-03-14	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2016-02-18	House	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-03	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0583?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0583f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0583t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0003/hb0583_34231601.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0003/hb0583.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/hb0583_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=hb0583,h-0427&stab=02&ys=2016RS