Maryland House Bill 912: Local Government - Trap-Neuter-Return Policies for Community Cats - Requirements and Restrictions (Ash's Law)

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Establishing that certain provisions of law prohibiting the abandonment or certain neglect of an animal do not apply to a person who is providing care to a community cat under a 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, regulation, or rule of any local government body, person, or corporation that restricts the practice of trap-neuter-return; etc.

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Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment (2026-03-23)

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