---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Trust Act - Trustee Liability - Release by Interested Parties"
description: "Maryland Trust Act - Trustee Liability - Release by Interested Parties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 878"
citation: "Maryland SB 878 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/414d6cd6-2de5-4364-ad61-e25fefe75312"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0878?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "285c5132c970d0a597cff43e2adbfe118405d19d7aa5a9f744973017411c9ac3"
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 878 (2022) — Maryland Trust Act - Trustee Liability - Release by Interested Parties

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Trust Act - Trustee Liability - Release by Interested Parties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_633_sb0878t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Trust Act - Trustee Liability - Release by Interested Parties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0878f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Trust Act - Trustee Liability - Release by Interested Parties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0878t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** 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 633 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/414d6cd6-2de5-4364-ad61-e25fefe75312`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).