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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax"
+description: "Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 17"
+citation: "Maryland HB 17 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "McComas", "Simmons", "Williams", "Woods"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-10-22"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28cfa338-0b47-4a63-8eed-735723ccee5f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0017?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "d6e6de02152de348a390fbd39d9999f779cec272809d479e9f475089398e1608"
+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 17 (2026) — Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_504_hb0017e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0017e.pdf)
+3. **First - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0017f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0017t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Woods — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-10-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-01-16** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28cfa338-0b47-4a63-8eed-735723ccee5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+