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Bills/2024 Regular Session

SB 547

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Wildlife - Traveling Animal Acts - Prohibition

Sponsor: Senator ElfrethCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Natural Resources - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 (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 (23)

MGA witness list
FAV 20FavorableUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPrygoski, AliciaAnimal Legal Defense FundWritten (PDF)
FAVDylewsky, KateAnimal Welfare InstituteWritten (PDF)
FAVBlachowski, KathyBig Cat Sanctuary AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVLary, MelanieFOUR PAWS USAWritten (PDF)
FAVTaylor, ValerieGlobal Federation of Animal SanctuariesWritten (PDF)
FAVBevan-Dangel, JenniferlobbyistHumane Society of the United StatesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBevan-Dangel, JenniferlobbyistHumane Society of the United StatesWritten (PDF)
FAVFullerton, KimberlyMaryland State Bar Association - Animal Law SectionOral
FAVRadov, LisaMaryland Votes for Animals, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVRadov, LisaMaryland Votes for Animals, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVFowler, KirbyMaryland Zoo in BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVFleury, ErikaNorth American Primate Sanctuary AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVDoyle, CatherinePerforming Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)Written (PDF)
FAVGoldstein, MathewSecular MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVCabrera Holtz, LizWorld Animal ProtectionWritten (PDF)
FAVDangel, AlyssaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVElfreth, SarahIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVElfreth, SarahIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Elfreth, Senator ElfrethlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Elfreth, Senator ElfrethlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFGeorge, KellyZoological Association of AmericaWritten (PDF)
UNFFink, NeldaIndividualPosition only
INFOBehler, DylanMaryland Department of Natural ResourcesWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Animal Legal Defense FundFAV 1
Animal Welfare InstituteFAV 1
Big Cat Sanctuary AllianceFAV 1
FOUR PAWS USAFAV 1
Global Federation of Animal SanctuariesFAV 1
Humane Society of the United StatesFAV 2
Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesINFO 1
Maryland State Bar Association - Animal Law SectionFAV 1
Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.FAV 2
Maryland Zoo in BaltimoreFAV 1
North American Primate Sanctuary AllianceFAV 1
Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)FAV 1
Secular MarylandFAV 1
World Animal ProtectionFAV 1
Zoological Association of AmericaUNF 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
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