---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment"
description: "Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "Maryland SB 354 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Kagan", "M. Washington", "Salling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9cdff23-7032-45b9-9882-2e74ec3d5580"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0354?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c71e84704657a170b01d6a00fb4e056f79553c43ddeeb5c6919488f67c3fab93"
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 354 (2025) — Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_sb0354t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0354f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0354t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Kagan — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9cdff23-7032-45b9-9882-2e74ec3d5580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).