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IntroducedJan 27, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2025
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Passed HouseApr 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
Senate • Apr 03, 2025: Returned Passed
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Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 581
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 47
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hettleman
- Lewis Young
- Simonaire
- Attar
- Feldman
- Jackson, C.
- Love
- Smith
- Augustine
- Folden
- Jackson, M.
- Mautz
- Sydnor
- Bailey
- Gallion
- James
- McCray
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Gile
- Jennings
- McKay
- Washington, A.
- Benson
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Muse
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Hayes
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Carozza
- Henson
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- West
- Charles
- Hershey
- Lam
- Salling
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Hester
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 138
- Speaker
- Crosby
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Jacobs
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Cullison
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Stonko
- Addison
- Davis
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Jones, D.
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kaiser
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Embry
- Kaufman
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arentz
- Fair
- Kerr
- Queen
- Toles
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Kipke
- Reilly
- Tomlinson
- Atterbeary
- Fennell
- Korman
- Roberson
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Lehman
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Baker
- Foley
- Lewis, J.
- Rogers
- Valentine
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lewis, R.
- Rose
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, R.
- Rosenberg
- Watson
- Beauchamp
- Ghrist
- Lopez
- Ross
- Wells
- Behler
- Grammer
- Mangione
- Ruff
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Williams
- Bouchat
- Guzzone
- McComas
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harris
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Miller
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Healey
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Moon
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Morgan, T.
- Solomon
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Young
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Otto
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Hutchinson
- Palakovich Carr
NO: 1
Actions
- Apr 03, 2025 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 02, 2025 | House
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Third Reading Passed (138-1)
- Apr 01, 2025 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Mar 13, 2025 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Mar 11, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Floor Amendment {163420/1 (Senator Henson) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 10, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Jan 30, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2025 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Popp, Sandy (Personal Capacity)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Jarashow, Ronald (Maryland Association for Justice)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Tolley, George (Dugan, Babij, Tolley & Kohler, LLC)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Egan, Nancy (American Property & Casualty Insurance Association)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hanifin Bonner, Linda
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Bauer Farace, Danielle (Maryland Veterinary Medical Association)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sanders, Larry (IJO Master Jeweler)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All