---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wills - Execution of Wills - Witnesses and Wills Executed Outside the State"
description: "Wills - Execution of Wills - Witnesses and Wills Executed Outside the State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Maryland SB 212 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Electronic Communication", "Estates and Trusts", "Interstate Affairs", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa140f46-0774-4389-a8d7-d2c813679083"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB212&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "b9f38f718295291ee1741a9cc19335d0c3e468208d0471613a8032fc5502509d"
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 212 (2019) — Wills - Execution of Wills - Witnesses and Wills Executed Outside the State

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0212f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {998074/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Favorable with Amendments {966484/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-25** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (128-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa140f46-0774-4389-a8d7-d2c813679083`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).