---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Supported Decision Making"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Supported Decision Making"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "Maryland SB 559 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Lee", "Smith", "Waldstreicher", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30abe09-eb1b-4cba-9efd-f024e6885104"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0559?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "10d68240d18ed10cda5f584130ffc2e81fb177d8e813e5f951d66dbc5adb2dad"
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 559 (2022) — Estates and Trusts - Supported Decision Making

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Supported Decision Making** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_631_sb0559t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Supported Decision Making** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0559f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Supported Decision Making** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0559t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 631 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30abe09-eb1b-4cba-9efd-f024e6885104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).