Maryland Senate Bill 663 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)
Status: Passed on May 19 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-19 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Prohibiting the sale, transfer, offer to sell or transfer, barter, trade, or auction of dogs and cats at specified locations; authorizing animal control officers and officers of specified humane organizations to enforce specified provisions of the Act; providing that a retail pet store may only offer for sale a dog or cat obtained from specified persons; requiring a retail pet store to post on each dog's cage specified information and maintain a record that includes information about the breeder or dealer, if applicable; etc.

Commercial Sale of Dogs and Cats - Prohibited Acts (Companion Animal Welfare Act)

Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]
Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]	Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. Johnny Salling [R]
Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]
Sen. Edward Reilly [R]	Sen. Jim Mathias [D]	Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]

2016-03-26 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (128-7) (Y: 128 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2016-03-17 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-19	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572
2016-03-31	Senate	Returned Passed
2016-03-31	House	Third Reading Passed (128-7)
2016-03-30	House	Second Reading Passed
2016-03-30	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-03-30	House	Favorable Report by Economic Matters
2016-03-17	House	First Reading Economic Matters
2016-03-17	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2016-03-15	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-03-15	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {307676/1 Report Adopted
2016-03-14	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2016-03-10	Senate	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-05	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0663?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0663f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0663t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/Chapters_noln/CH_572_sb0663t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0003/sb0663_30767601.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0663.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0663_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0663_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0663,s-0568&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0663,h-0891&stab=02&ys=2016RS