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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: "SB 250"
+citation: "Maryland SB 250 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire", "West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9367b315-2017-48d1-805c-d8588a37020a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0250?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "4f4dd94a7804eb4ec34d8171f683cb93ea4105ae9b0f6403852b7e0648b83037"
+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 SB 250 (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_508_sb0250t.pdf)
+2. **First - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0250f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0250t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Simonaire — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-17** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9367b315-2017-48d1-805c-d8588a37020a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+