MD HB 53
died on adjournmentCriminal Law – Nondomesticated Animal Prohibitions – Alterations
Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did MD HB 53 pass?
No. MD HB 53 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-20): Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
What is MD HB 53 about?
MD HB 53 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Criminal Law – Nondomesticated Animal Prohibitions – Alterations”.
Who sponsors MD HB 53?
Ziegler, Terrasa, Ruth and 3 others are the primary sponsors of MD HB 53.
- Introduced
- 2025-09-16
- Latest action
- 2026-03-20 — Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Zieglerprimary
- Terrasaprimary
- Ruthprimary
- Palakovich Carrprimary
- Foleyprimary
- Lehmanprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-20
Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-27
Referred Judicial Proceedings
referral-committee
2026-02-26
Third Reading Passed
passage
2026-02-25
Second Reading Passed
2026-02-25
Floor Amendment {
2026-02-24
Motion Special Order until 2/25 (Delegate Hornberger) Adopted
2026-02-24
Favorable Adopted
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-23
Favorable Report by Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-22
Hearing canceled
2026-01-16
Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
2026-01-14
First Reading Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-09-16
Pre-filed
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
On Third Reading
2026-02-20 · pass · 98-33
Member-level votes (141)
- Speaker: yes
- Davis: yes
- Kaufman: yes
- Roberson: yes
- Terrasa: yes
- Acevero: yes
- Ebersole: yes
- Kerr: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Toles: yes
- Addison: yes
- Embry: yes
- Korman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Tomlinson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Fair: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Rosenberg: yes
- Turner: yes
- Alston: yes
- Feldmark: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Ross: yes
- Valderrama: yes
- Amprey: yes
- Fennell: yes
- Long, J.: yes
- Ruth: yes
- Valentine: yes
- Bagnall: yes
- Foley: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Schindler: yes
- Vogel: yes
- Barnes: yes
- Forbes: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Watson: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
- McCaskill: yes
- Shetty: yes
- Wells: yes
- Behler: yes
- Guyton: yes
- Mireku-North: yes
- Simmons: yes
- White Holland: yes
- Bhandari: yes
- Guzzone: yes
- Moon: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Wilkins: yes
- Boyce: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Moreno: yes
- Smith: yes
- Williams: yes
- Cardin: yes
- Healey: yes
- Odom: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Wims: yes
- Chang: yes
- Hill: yes
- Palakovich Carr: yes
- Spiegel: yes
- Wolek: yes
- Charkoudian: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Pasteur: yes
- Stein: yes
- Woods: yes
- Clippinger: yes
- Ivey: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Woorman: yes
- Coley: yes
- Johnson, A.: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Stinnett: yes
- Wu: yes
- Conaway: yes
- Johnson, S.: yes
- Pruski: yes
- Taveras: yes
- Young: yes
- Crutchfield: yes
- Jones, D.: yes
- Qi: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Ziegler: yes
- Cullison: yes
- Kaiser: yes
- Queen: yes
- Adams: no
- Chisholm: no
- Hornberger: no
- Metzgar: no
- Reilly: no
- Anderson: no
- Ciliberti: no
- Hutchinson: no
- Miller: no
- Rose: no
- Arikan: no
- Ghrist: no
- Jacobs: no
- Morgan, T.: no
- Sample-Hughes: no
- Baker: no
- Grammer: no
- Kipke: no
- Nawrocki: no
- Stonko: no
- Beauchamp: no
- Griffith: no
- Long, R.: no
- Nkongolo: no
- Szeliga: no
- Bouchat: no
- Hartman: no
- Mangione: no
- Pippy: no
- Wivell: no
- Buckel: no
- Hinebaugh: no
- McComas: no
- Boafo: not voting
- Fisher: not voting
- Howard: not voting
- Morgan, M.: not voting
- Ruff: not voting
- Arentz: absent
- Crosby: absent
- Edelson: absent
- Jones, A.: absent
- Wilson: absent
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