---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent"
description: "Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 528"
citation: "Maryland SB 528 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9985c0d1-5336-4076-9ac3-50f52e113c84"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0528?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a22817182150866b0dd97f6291a23b0e0968f9016d010dea0344116d2d8550b4"
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 528 (2020) — Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_451_sb0528t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0528f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0528t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-17** Hearing 2/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `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 451 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9985c0d1-5336-4076-9ac3-50f52e113c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).