---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Property of Disabled Persons - Court-Appointed Attorneys"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Property of Disabled Persons - Court-Appointed Attorneys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 694"
citation: "Maryland SB 694 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-04"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c2aa43-df6e-4fc0-9c67-427c114c1993"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0694?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ab5e3846fd996eb1d9c895f3b5b77e87ae8d4eb9d926e0e1e88775a3d875459f"
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 694 (2022) — Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Property of Disabled Persons - Court-Appointed Attorneys

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Property of Disabled Persons - Court-Appointed Attorneys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_629_sb0694t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Property of Disabled Persons - Court-Appointed Attorneys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0694f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Guardianship of the Property of Disabled Persons - Court-Appointed Attorneys** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0694t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** 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
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 629 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45c2aa43-df6e-4fc0-9c67-427c114c1993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).