---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting"
description: "Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 604"
citation: "Maryland HB 604 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kipke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d05c5ea7-0a12-41bc-aa83-1a1f0c90eed7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0604?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "647c7656ba22108af91273023693b60b6219dcc1eaf2a7bf7c73a2fae57bca89"
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 604 (2021) — Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_338_hb0604t.pdf)
2. **First - Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0604f.pdf)
3. **Third - Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0604t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kipke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-14** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 338 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d05c5ea7-0a12-41bc-aa83-1a1f0c90eed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).