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IntroducedJan 25, 2024
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Passed SenateMar 01, 2024
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Passed HouseApr 03, 2024
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Signed into LawMay 09, 2024
Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 547
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Jacksoncosponsor
- Lewis Youngcosponsor
- Westcosponsor
Votes
YES: 104
- Speaker
- Crutchfield
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Jackson
- Pasteur
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Toles
- Amprey
- Embry
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Turner
- Attar
- Fair
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Valderrama
- Atterbeary
- Feldmark
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Watson
- Barnes
- Foley
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Korman
- Roberts
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Grossman
- Lewis, J.
- Rosenberg
- Williams
- Bouchat
- Guyton
- Lewis, R.
- Ruff
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Long, J.
- Ruth
- Wims
- Cardin
- Harris
- Lopez
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chang
- Harrison
- Love
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Martinez
- Smith
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Henson
- McCaskill
- Solomon
- Young
- Conaway
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
- Crosby
- Holmes
- Moon
- Stein
NO: 32
ABSENT: 4
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- May 09, 2024 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596
- Apr 05, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (36-7)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 03, 2024 | House
- Third Reading Passed (104-32)
- Apr 01, 2024 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
- Favorable with Amendments {563021/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 18, 2024 | House
- Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 04, 2024 | House
- Referred Environment and Transportation
- Mar 01, 2024 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (37-7)
- Feb 28, 2024 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {913229/1 Adopted
- Floor Amendment {653723/1 (Senator Elfreth) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 27, 2024 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments {913229/1
- Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- Feb 26, 2024 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Jan 29, 2024 | Senate
- Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 25, 2024 | Senate
- First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - ProhibitionPDF
- Amendments {913229/1 (Senate)PDF
- Floor Amendment {653723/1 (Senator Elfreth) Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - ProhibitionPDF
- Amendments {563021/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - ProhibitionPDF
- Text - Chapter - Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - ProhibitionPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentHTML
- Video: Environment and TransportationHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Radov, Lisa (Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Lary, Melanie (FOUR PAWS USA)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Taylor, Valerie (Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Blachowski, Kathy (Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Elfreth, Sarah
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Cabrera Holtz, Liz (World Animal Protection)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Doyle, Catherine (Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS))
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bevan-Dangel, Jennifer (Humane Society of the United States)
- EEE In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Dangel, Alyssa
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Dylewsky, Kate (Animal Welfare Institute)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Fleury, Erika (North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Prygoski, Alicia (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Fowler, Kirby (Maryland Zoo in Baltimore)
- EEE Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- EEE Testimony, INFO -- Behler, Dylan (Maryland Department of Natural Resources)
- EEE Testimony, UNF -- George, Kelly (Zoological Association of America)
- EEE Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Elfreth, Sarah
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Bevan-Dangel, Jennifer (Humane Society of the United States)
- ENT Testimony, FAV -- Radov, Lisa (Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.)
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