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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution"
+description: "Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 576"
+citation: "Maryland HB 576 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "W. Fisher", "Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-31"
+last_action: "2022-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2440eecb-2c5b-4e86-8bbf-8691a8b1c7d4"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0576?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "1dd55248276ba76276e92261fb0b1f9a156e4805afc68bce4c3f5b1f36519e7a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 576 (2022) — Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_176_hb0576t.pdf)
+2. **First - Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0576f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0576t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **126–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-10** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2440eecb-2c5b-4e86-8bbf-8691a8b1c7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+