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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives"
+description: "Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 963"
+citation: "Maryland HB 963 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Boyce", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Martinez", "Palakovich Carr", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Terrasa", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woorman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9178317-986c-4b04-8484-68fe2c1fd274"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0963?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "2b8bea1df3ab4cec162dc5e4e1775c77fffd8d836406db2fca5e4b8ca0a92693"
+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 963 (2026) — Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_537_hb0963e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0963e.pdf)
+3. **First - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0963f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0963t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **108–25** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **99–32** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acevero — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Kaiser — primary (person)
+- Kaufman — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Simmons — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+- Wims — primary (person)
+- Wolek — primary (person)
+- Woorman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9178317-986c-4b04-8484-68fe2c1fd274`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+