---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 326"
citation: "Maryland HB 326 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16769740-d4c9-480c-9410-de8393b1ab1d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0326?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e883d7ea7f95b2a71ae77c43ca0f02a3fa795ea3f18eeca033568ab8a865b713"
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 HB 326 (2024) — Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_319_hb0326t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0326f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0326t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-05** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16769740-d4c9-480c-9410-de8393b1ab1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).