---
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: "SB 793"
citation: "Maryland SB 793 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Beneficiaries", "Estates and Trusts", "Evidence", "Liability", "Personal Representatives"]
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/1f8f89b7-24e4-4a55-b495-d20cd3bcb999"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB793&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "582d10f510c37e78bd55db0f3ab0c8d19678eff77ce262dedd37e060aae76742"
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 793 (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/sb/sb0793f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (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 with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {458973/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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 (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f8f89b7-24e4-4a55-b495-d20cd3bcb999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).