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Local Government - Trap-Neuter-Return Policies for Community Cats - Requirements and Restrictions (Ash's Law)

Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (District 3)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Local Government - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing that the prohibition against abandoning an animal does not apply to a person who is providing care to a community cat under a certain trap-neuter-return policy; establishing that a local law that establishes a trap-neuter-return policy is subject to certain requirements and restrictions; and providing that the Act supersedes and preempts any law, ordinance, policy, or regulation of any local government body and any policy or rule of any person or corporation that prohibits or restricts the practice of trap-neuter-return.

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Testimony (25)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 10UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJulien, CorynAlley Cat AlliesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMazer, LindaAnne Arundel County Animal Welfare CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVHarris, MrsDistrict 25 ConstituentPosition only
FAVStewart, FrancesElders Climate Action MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVNichols, DVM, AshleyMaryland Veterinary Medical AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLewis Young, Senator KarenSenator Karen Lewis YoungOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDavis, StaceyIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Lewis Young, Senator Lewis YounglegislatorIndividualOral
UNFPetersen, GreggHoward County Bird ClubWritten (PDF)
UNFHoward, CurtMD-IWLAWritten (PDF)
UNFButchko, DominicMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFMackiernan, GailMontgomery Bird ClubWritten (PDF)
UNFChagrin, TeresaPETAWritten (PDF)
UNFBellis, RachelPeople for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsOral
UNFAdams, JillianIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMcPartland, KarlynIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMichels, KathleenIndividualOral
UNFRich, SusanIndividualOral
FWAVolodin, StaceylobbyistHumane World for AnimalsOral + Written (PDF)
FWAHaines, KatieMaryland SPCAOral + Written (PDF)
FWARadov, LisaMaryland Votes for Animals, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAMorningstar, SaraMontgomery County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FWACrankshaw-Quimby, PattyProfessional Animal Workers of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FWAGriffin, CarolineShow Your Soft Side, IncOral + Written (PDF)
INFOSchwarz, KurtMaryland Ornithological SocietyWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAVolodin, StaceyHumane World for AnimalsRegistered for: Humane World for Animals