---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund"
description: "Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Maryland HB 5 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krebs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-06"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be2c1842-5dc4-4f8e-b65c-2592b71eec1c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0005?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "82c74154d7612e175182508e0e09cf6bb1509381f657f0bb975aa147f76456be"
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 5 (2021) — Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_241_hb0005t.pdf)
2. **First - Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0005f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0005t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 5 HB 56 HB 85 HB 101 HB 345 HB 376 HB 393 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krebs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be2c1842-5dc4-4f8e-b65c-2592b71eec1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).