Maryland House Bill 625 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-7)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-06 - Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from committing specified abusive acts involving 10 or more animals; establishing penalties of up to $2,500 or up to 3 years imprisonment for violation of the Act; authorizing a court to order a person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act to pay restitution to specified entities for expenses incurred as a result of the violation; authorizing a court to order a minor convicted or found deliquent under the Act, the minor's parent, or both to pay specified restitution under specified circumstances; etc.

Criminal Law - Animal Abuse - Penalties and Restitution

Sen. Mary Carozza [R]	Del. Christopher Adams [R]	Del. Carl Anderton [R]	Del. Steven Arentz [R]
Del. Susan Aumann [R]	Del. Ned Carey [D]	Sen. William Folden [R]	Del. Jeff Ghrist [R]
Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Trent Kittleman [R]	Del. Marc Korman [D]	Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]
Del. Susan Krebs [R]	Del. Michael Malone [R]	Sen. Johnny Mautz [R]	Del. Susan McComas [R]
Del. Ric Metzgar [R]	Del. Aruna Miller [D]	Del. Charles Otto [R]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]
Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. April Rose [R]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]	Del. Meagan Simonaire [R]
Del. Theodore Sophocleus [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Del. Brett Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-06	House	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
2017-02-23	House	Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-30	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0625?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0625f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0625.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/hb0625_jud.pdf