---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Trust Act - Liability of Trustee - Report and Release by Interested Party"
description: "Maryland Trust Act - Liability of Trustee - Report and Release by Interested Party"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 904"
citation: "Maryland HB 904 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/105d05c9-6a4c-4072-bcdd-3e8cfb04b693"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0904?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f1304189ee20de4215483565f1599790f360c6f993853e9df5967c70bd6ff7b1"
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 904 (2020) — Maryland Trust Act - Liability of Trustee - Report and Release by Interested Party

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Maryland Trust Act - Liability of Trustee - Report and Release by Interested Party** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_361_hb0904t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Trust Act - Liability of Trustee - Report and Release by Interested Party** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0904f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Trust Act - Liability of Trustee - Report and Release by Interested Party** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0904t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 361 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/105d05c9-6a4c-4072-bcdd-3e8cfb04b693`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).