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IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 11, 2025
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Passed SenateApr 02, 2025
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Signed into Law
Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 02, 2025: Returned Passed
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 438
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 139
- Speaker
- Crosby
- Hutchinson
- Otto
- Stein
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Szeliga
- Alston
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Taveras
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Qi
- Toles
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Korman
- Queen
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Turner
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis, J.
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis, R.
- Roberts
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rose
- Watson
- Behler
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Ross
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Bouchat
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruth
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harris
- McComas
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Metzgar
- Schindler
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hartman
- Miller
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Chang
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Moon
- Simmons
- Woods
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Ciliberti
- Holmes
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Young
- Clippinger
- Hornberger
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 02, 2025 | House
- Returned Passed
- Apr 02, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Mar 27, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 11, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {603924/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- Mar 10, 2025 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2025 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 17, 2025 | House
- Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 16, 2025 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Egan, Nancy (American Property & Casualty Insurance Association)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Popp, Sandy (Personal Capacity)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Crankshaw-Quimby, Patty (Professional Animal Workers of Maryland)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Clarke, Patrice (Maryland Association for Justice, Inc.)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Bartlett, Sandy (Maryland House of Delegates)