---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Registered Domestic Partnerships"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Registered Domestic Partnerships"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 792"
citation: "Maryland SB 792 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5617f266-6b83-4a9a-b3de-8db4bfe35bb1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0792?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dc583bf67d2d8be1fba33065e8e040760b78f898624d18823235b7bc6fd32046"
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 792 (2023) — Estates and Trusts - Registered Domestic Partnerships

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Registered Domestic Partnerships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_647_sb0792t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Registered Domestic Partnerships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0792f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Registered Domestic Partnerships** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0792t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5617f266-6b83-4a9a-b3de-8db4bfe35bb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).