---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans"
description: "Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "Maryland SB 57 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-06-08"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97c45d33-a441-4bb9-94a4-cee8fe9fb507"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0057?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "39dd1d005e6ec6d5d2766ce81e212b610354b33d7d618796551acfe1048cd866"
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 57 (2025) — Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_362_sb0057t.pdf)
2. **First - Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0057f.pdf)
3. **Third - Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Disposition of Unclaimed Remains - Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0057t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-08** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- **2025-03-11** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** 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 362 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97c45d33-a441-4bb9-94a4-cee8fe9fb507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).