---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Maryland SB 73 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Beneficiaries", "Death", "Estates and Trusts", "Minors", "Spouses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reilly"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-10-28"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f62fe6f-0ccc-4b29-9cb5-fc01bb0a2a8c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB73&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "b7f0282071109e3e95bfd14f74532cd7eb7c89b5db12960754c71330352df702"
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 73 (2017) — Estates and Trusts - Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse

## 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/sb/sb0073f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {388774/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f62fe6f-0ccc-4b29-9cb5-fc01bb0a2a8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).