---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Maryland SB 265 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce0b8b0-00fd-4a05-929b-ea69bc7a84b9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0265?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "35a43ba6e81829f4ce0da64adfd8e54896fabe85f1cf0bdf3c7606e43a91cc01"
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 265 (2021) — Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_509_sb0265e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0265e.pdf)
3. **First - Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0265f.pdf)
4. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0265t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/19 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 509 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce0b8b0-00fd-4a05-929b-ea69bc7a84b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).