---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 808"
citation: "Maryland HB 808 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crutchfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4fefe8b-c066-496f-8865-3de8d330475f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0808?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7f64d0758284bca1c456d6e5e8a4314f483804c9972b13cfbee8b46dd4268200"
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 808 (2022) — Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_619_hb0808t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0808f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of Minors - Appointment by Court** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0808t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crutchfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 619 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4fefe8b-c066-496f-8865-3de8d330475f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).