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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act"
+description: "Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 596"
+citation: "Maryland HB 596 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Chisholm", "Griffith", "Nkongolo", "Odom"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-28"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955e12e2-4bb1-492e-b79b-c01963faf15b"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0596?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "4f20cb20dbae2901f7350848c05ce41e5fed7179cf056f1d9975dc8b1e6d748a"
+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 596 (2026) — Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_509_hb0596t.pdf)
+2. **First - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0596f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0596t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Chisholm — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Nkongolo — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 509 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955e12e2-4bb1-492e-b79b-c01963faf15b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+