HB 379

Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition

Sponsor: Delegate LoveCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Natural Resources - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from allowing for the participation of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of these animals in a traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty of $2,000 per violation.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Prygoski, Alicia	Animal Legal Defense Fund	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dylewsky, Kate	Animal Welfare Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blachowski, Kathy	Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lary, Melanie	FOUR PAWS USA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taylor, Valerie	Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bevan-Dangel, Jenniferlobbyist	Humane Society of the United States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fullerton, Kimberly	Maryland State Bar Association - Animal Law Section	Oral
FAV	Radov, Lisa	Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fowler, Kirby	Maryland Zoo in Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fleury, Erika	North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Doyle, Catherine	Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Goldstein, Mathew	Secular Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Block, Cristobel	The Humane Society of the United States	Oral
FAV	Cabrera Holtz, Liz	World Animal Protection	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dangel, Katherine	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Love, Delegate Lovelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Love, Sara	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fink, Nelda	Individual	Position only
UNF	Raine, James	Individual	Position only
INFO	George, Kelly	Executive Director ZAA	Written (PDF)
INFO	Behler, Dylan	Maryland Department of Natural Resources	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Animal Legal Defense FundFAV 1

Animal Welfare InstituteFAV 1

Big Cat Sanctuary AllianceFAV 1

Executive Director ZAAINFO 1

FOUR PAWS USAFAV 1

Global Federation of Animal SanctuariesFAV 1

Humane Society of the United StatesFAV 1

Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesINFO 1

Maryland State Bar Association - Animal Law SectionFAV 1

Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.FAV 1

Maryland Zoo in BaltimoreFAV 1

North American Primate Sanctuary AllianceFAV 1

Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)FAV 1

Secular MarylandFAV 1

The Humane Society of the United StatesFAV 1

World Animal ProtectionFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBevan-Dangel, JenniferHumane Society of the United StatesRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland; Humane Society of the United States; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Humane World for Animals