---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent"
description: "General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "Maryland SB 573 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corderman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efbd442e-9e33-4148-8239-75e308fef841"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0573?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "66b41506c604788e6e9ddb67227b2bc5ca3a7cd7a17aef768832e5999e6d849b"
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 573 (2024) — General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_480_sb0573t.pdf)
2. **First - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0573f.pdf)
3. **Third - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0573t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corderman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-19** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efbd442e-9e33-4148-8239-75e308fef841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).