---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Trust Act - Notice and Reporting Requirements - Exemptions"
description: "Maryland Trust Act - Notice and Reporting Requirements - Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 792"
citation: "Maryland SB 792 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Beneficiaries", "Estates and Trusts", "Exemptions", "Notices", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb740c33-5bc3-4926-9b1f-6b7faae493f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB792&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "f8c5b954418b5962be6de6ecf82b3d2fa4c317b92a37cb5d0a4cc4828d1ad9cd"
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 792 (2017) — Maryland Trust Act - Notice and Reporting Requirements - Exemptions

## 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/sb0792f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **139–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (139-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 357 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb740c33-5bc3-4926-9b1f-6b7faae493f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).