---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts – Transfer From Revocable Trust – Exemption From Taxes and Fees"
description: "Estates and Trusts – Transfer From Revocable Trust – Exemption From Taxes and Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 948"
citation: "Maryland HB 948 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Recordation and Transfer", "Estates and Trusts", "Beneficiaries", "Death", "Estates and Trusts", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Real Property", "Recordation", "Transfer Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e241d83-859b-4e7f-9b47-4366714bd72f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB948&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e50dd76b011a4474bb068f3baa750d914f1db098f1324dfa2497a7eb1bba3a29"
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 948 (2018) — Estates and Trusts – Transfer From Revocable Trust – Exemption From Taxes and 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/hb0948f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- Carozza — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Corderman — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Parrott — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rey — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Saab — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/28 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 {826584/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-14** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e241d83-859b-4e7f-9b47-4366714bd72f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).