---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Trust Act - Representatives of Beneficiaries"
description: "Maryland Trust Act - Representatives of Beneficiaries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 753"
citation: "Maryland HB 753 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Beneficiaries", "Estates and Trusts", "Personal Representatives"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cb5409b-d4a1-41af-8c80-e686ba9a6077"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB753&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "2b5f4456b463b5b4c39338ab95aed1202a08c6780e8765e4147e81023b5e7747"
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 753 (2017) — Maryland Trust Act - Representatives of Beneficiaries

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0753f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {206687/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cb5409b-d4a1-41af-8c80-e686ba9a6077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).