---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts - Maryland Trust Act - Methods of Notice"
description: "Trusts - Maryland Trust Act - Methods of Notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Maryland SB 381 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Electronic Communication", "Estates and Trusts", "Notices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5759df-a7a9-4dd5-8058-73ebae09f399"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB381&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "72f79cb16e7215f84d50a06f2bf1326f9df03413a765b60829d74777c8993082"
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 381 (2019) — Trusts - Maryland Trust Act - Methods of Notice

## 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/sb0381f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing 2/19 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {778275/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-16** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5759df-a7a9-4dd5-8058-73ebae09f399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).