---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum"
description: "Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Maryland SB 88 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "Miller", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-10-15"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8d94b70-443a-4ba4-a54a-35ebf693a0f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0088?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "04df1e7f2d7951ab0b593ce53a477cfae77a8cb155f2d3c56f27c5f051b9d668"
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 88 (2020) — Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_29_sb0088t.pdf)
2. **First - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0088f.pdf)
3. **Third - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0088t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-03** Hearing 1/09 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2020-01-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-01-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 29 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8d94b70-443a-4ba4-a54a-35ebf693a0f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).