---
type: "Bill"
title: "Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures"
description: "Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Maryland SB 149 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6055828-8a4f-409a-b4e1-0267ef21bd54"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0149?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e5e9dba9269090c149fe3791830cb53d0d40ff098884b8e3e051f3d77873e522"
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 149 (2020) — Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_131_sb0149t.pdf)
2. **First - Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0149f.pdf)
3. **Third - Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0149t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12** Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 131 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6055828-8a4f-409a-b4e1-0267ef21bd54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).