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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 20, 2026: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 963
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 108
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Stonko
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kerr
- Reilly
- Szeliga
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kipke
- Roberson
- Taveras
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Roberts
- Taylor
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Toles
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Foley
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Watson
- Beauchamp
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McComas
- Schindler
- Wells
- Behler
- Griffith
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wims
- Cardin
- Hill
- Odom
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Qi
NO: 25
Actions
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (108-25)
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- First Reading Judiciary
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Macfarlane, Byron
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Good, Megan (Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Woorman, Teresa (self)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Bornstein, Todd (MSBA Estates and Trusts Section Council)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Latino Caucus, Maryland Legislative
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Anguish, David (Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice)
- JUD In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Amador-Hernandez, Ninfa (We Are CASA)



