---
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: "SB 180"
citation: "Maryland SB 180 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69a86fd8-c15d-4e77-9cb2-a7f4fb778ae5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0180?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "53496f744c617e9b86d243bf69b3bd52c7aa20ebeb0dac411f0da564793dc963"
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 180 (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_339_sb0180t.pdf)
2. **First - Funeral Establishments and Crematories – Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans – Notification, Disposition, and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0180f.pdf)
3. **Third - Funeral Establishments and Crematories – Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans – Notification, Disposition, and Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0180t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Motion Special Order until 2/9 (Senator Kramer) Adopted
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-03-24** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69a86fd8-c15d-4e77-9cb2-a7f4fb778ae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).