Domestic Animals
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Pets in Housing Developments [HB-1179]
Prohibiting an owner or agent of an owner of a housing development that on or after January 1, 2025, received an allocation of certain tax credits from the Department of Housing and Community Development from imposing certain prohibitions and costs related to a resident's possession of pets; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Income Tax - Credit for Spaying and Neutering Dogs and Cats [HB-1107]
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for up to $100 of certain qualified expenses incurred by an individual during the taxable year to spay or neuter a dog or cat owned by the individual.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Actions – Injury to or Death of Pet – Damages [SB-868]
Repealing the cap of up to $10,000 on the compensatory damages for which a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of a pet is liable.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund [SB-641]
Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Spay/Neuter Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a process through which a person may make a voluntary donation to the Fund; requiring the Department to give additional consideration to certain competitive grant proposals that meet certain criteria; and increasing the fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs or cats and registered in the State beginning October 1, 2024.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Property and Casualty Insurance – Pet Insurance – Regulation [HB-647]
Establishing requirements and prohibitions for pet insurance policies that are issued to a resident of the State or are sold, solicited, negotiated, or offered in the State, including disclosure requirements and requirements and prohibitions related to wellness programs; and requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration, on or before June 1, 2025, to develop informational material about pet insurance policies that may be disseminated to and posted by veterinary practitioners.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Duck Nest Boxes - Wetlands License Requirements [HB-444]
Exempting the installation and maintenance of certain duck nest boxes from certain wetlands license requirements; defining a "duck nest box" as a nesting structure located on or over water that is provided for the purpose of sheltering domesticated ducks; establishing that a duck nest box is not a nonwater-dependent project for the purpose of certain wetlands license requirements; and establishing that installing and maintaining duck nest boxes is a lawful use of private wetlands.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [HB-357]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification be obtained in a certain manner to sell shell eggs and egg products.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Duck Nest Boxes - Wetlands License Requirements [SB-339]
Exempting the installation and maintenance of certain duck nest boxes from certain wetlands license requirements; defining a "duck nest box" as a nesting structure located on or over water that is provided for the purpose of sheltering domesticated ducks; establishing that a duck nest box is not a nonwater-dependent project for the purpose of certain wetlands license requirements; and establishing that installing and maintaining duck nest boxes is a lawful use of private wetlands.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Domestic Animals - Penalties for Abandonment and Microchip Requirements for Dogs [SB-157]
Increasing the penalties by including a term of imprisonment of up to 90 days and a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both for abandoning a domestic animal in certain locations; establishing requirements for the microchipping of dogs on a transfer of ownership and for the management of information relating to dogs with implanted microchips; authorizing the governing body of a county to establish reasonable penalties for a violation of the Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing [SB-17]
Establishing that each domestic or farm animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; and establishing that a conviction for a crime relating to animals may not merge with a conviction for any other crime based on the act establishing the violation and that a sentence imposed may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence based on the act establishing a violation.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund [HB-85]
Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Spay/Neuter Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a process through which a person may make a voluntary donation to the Fund; requiring the Department to give additional consideration to certain competitive grant proposals that meet certain criteria; and increasing the fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs or cats and registered in the State beginning October 1, 2024.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [SB-193]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification verifying that the shell eggs and egg products are produced in a certain manner must be obtained before selling shell eggs and egg products.
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Eva's Act [HB-744]
Eva's Act
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 [HB-600]
Regulatory Reform Act of 2023
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Landlord-Tenant and HOA Changes [HB-551]
Landlord-Tenant and HOA Changes
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Fiona Mae Wagglebottom's Act [HB-540]
Fiona Mae Wagglebottom's Act
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Clarify Animal Welfare Act [HB-441]
Clarify Animal Welfare Act
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Clarify Animal Welfare Statutes [HB-327]
Clarify Animal Welfare Statutes
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
End Predatory Pet Leasing [HB-226]
End Predatory Pet Leasing
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
No Service Animal Registration Req/Funds [HB-1130]
No Service Animal Registration Req/Funds