---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Maryland HB 94 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcca7f7a-6824-4224-9836-cb9c29417cf5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0094?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4d3de96ccc59d4157ccd91c064692e20ac7d7bb21bf5b5e00de2456c185c3ec1"
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 94 (2020) — Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_50_hb0094t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0094f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Rule Against Perpetuities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0094t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rosenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 50 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcca7f7a-6824-4224-9836-cb9c29417cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).