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IntroducedOct 10, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 12, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Corporations and Associations - Methodist Churches - Trust Requirement Repeal and Disaffiliation
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 13, 2026: Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 172
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 43
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hershey
- Lewis Young
- Salling
- Attar
- Feldman
- Hester
- Love
- Simonaire
- Augustine
- Folden
- Hettleman
- Mautz
- Smith
- Bailey
- Gallion
- Jackson
- McCray
- Sydnor
- Beidle
- Gile
- Jennings
- McKay
- Waldstreicher
- Brooks
- Guzzone
- Kagan
- Muse
- Washington, A.
- Carozza
- Harris
- King
- Ready
- Watson
- Charles
- Hayes
- Kramer
- Rosapepe
- Zucker
- Corderman
- Henson
- Lam
ABSENT: 2
Actions
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (43-2)
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Oct 10, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- CAVEY, CHRISTIAN
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Allmond, Sheridan (Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lang, Alan
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Strawbridge, John (United Methodist Church)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Sichel, Matthew (Wesleyan Covenant Association)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- CAIN, CHRIS (Asbury Broadneck Church)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- White, Curtis (Clark's United Methodist Church)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Thomas, Dale (The Methodist Church Of Cape St. Claire)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Diehl, Marlene
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Austin, Sharon
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Muse, C. Anthony (Senator Muse)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Starnes, Thomas E. (BWCUMC)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All

