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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 23, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 23, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 698
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 136
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Nkongolo
- Spiegel
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jacobs
- Odom
- Stein
- Adams
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Patterson
- Stonko
- Alston
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Phillips
- Szeliga
- Amprey
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Taveras
- Anderson
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taylor
- Arentz
- Fennell
- Kipke
- Qi
- Terrasa
- Arikan
- Fisher
- Korman
- Queen
- Toles
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Turner
- Baker
- Forbes
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Valentine
- Bartlett
- Ghrist
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Vogel
- Beauchamp
- Grammer
- Lopez
- Rose
- Watson
- Behler
- Griffith
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Martinez
- Ross
- White Holland
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wilkins
- Boyce
- Harrison
- McComas
- Ruth
- Williams
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Healey
- Miller
- Schindler
- Wims
- Chang
- Hill
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wivell
- Charkoudian
- Hinebaugh
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Chisholm
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Woods
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Wu
- Coley
- Hutchinson
- Nawrocki
- Solomon
- Ziegler
- Conaway
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {453827/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
Bill Texts
- Text - First - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction FacilitiesPDF
- Amendments {453827/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction FacilitiesPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT Testimony, INFO -- Vormelker, Will (Maryland Judiciary)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Hartzler, Jeffrey
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- (MD), State of Maryland
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- LASSAHN Jr., Edgar (Md st funeral directors asso.)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Malloy Jr., Walter Nathan (Maryland State Funeral Directors Association, Inc.)
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Simons, Daniel (Maryland State Funeral Directors Association)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Baylock, Barbara (Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland & Environs)
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