---
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: "SB 192"
citation: "Maryland SB 192 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
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/e1d23e32-3955-41c2-b9ad-e97b00980cf2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0192?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a0920917d4a8aca6bf5e601546e89607fc54483242b26ce9b75d98683a852bc7"
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 192 (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_242_sb0192t.pdf)
2. **First - Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0192f.pdf)
3. **Third - Cemeteries - Perpetual Care - Distribution From Perpetual Care Trust Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0192t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-06** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 242 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1d23e32-3955-41c2-b9ad-e97b00980cf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).