---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Administration of Estates - Waiver of Fees"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Administration of Estates - Waiver of Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Maryland HB 556 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Attorneys", "Estates and Trusts", "Fees", "Liens", "Personal Representatives", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ed76858-0d38-4939-907b-19bbc348c935"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB556&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "fc4a01904ec7070f33e0151b43d1163126c579e62a9ef856015b3c7013e72e07"
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 556 (2018) — Estates and Trusts - Administration of Estates - Waiver of Fees

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0556f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {596187/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {668974/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2018-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-05** Delegates Morales, Barron, and Morgan
- **2018-04-09** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-09** Senators Kelley, Cassilly, and Lee
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 233 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ed76858-0d38-4939-907b-19bbc348c935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).