---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution"
description: "Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Maryland SB 36 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-15"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be051b2-33a8-43cd-86fb-f12f6e403237"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0036?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "556568fcb9445c39258db66c17bb16ab7e7c82e38f446c7dedae83466202166f"
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 36 (2022) — Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_177_sb0036t.pdf)
2. **First - Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0036f.pdf)
3. **Third - Wills and Trust Instruments – Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0036t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **126–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-01-13** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-13** Hearing 2/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5be051b2-33a8-43cd-86fb-f12f6e403237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).