---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives - Payment of Commissions and Attorney's Fees Without Court Approval"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives - Payment of Commissions and Attorney's Fees Without Court Approval"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 468"
citation: "Maryland SB 468 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f32e4778-ce74-4ff5-85bb-65b84d917c44"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0468?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "16f44a453a2b2629c182035f599f5193d8ecc0bbf5bb7481b8d037e4421e7691"
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 468 (2022) — Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives - Payment of Commissions and Attorney's Fees Without Court Approval

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives - Payment of Commissions and Attorney's Fees Without Court Approval** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_630_sb0468t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives - Payment of Commissions and Attorney's Fees Without Court Approval** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0468f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Personal Representatives - Payment of Commissions and Attorney's Fees Without Court Approval** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0468t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-03** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Motion Special Order until 3/7 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-03-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 630 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f32e4778-ce74-4ff5-85bb-65b84d917c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).