---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Maryland SB 151 (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/2d235cc2-5f8a-4634-a971-094e4b9bd3e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0151?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "92f328300505ecbc1eb628650570baedbaa8aa8491fba4e751acd5137ca3726c"
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 151 (2020) — Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_240_sb0151t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0151f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0151t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** 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 240 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d235cc2-5f8a-4634-a971-094e4b9bd3e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).