---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives"
description: "Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 963"
citation: "Maryland HB 963 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Boyce", "Kaiser", "Kaufman", "Martinez", "Palakovich Carr", "Ruth", "Simmons", "Terrasa", "Wims", "Wolek", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9178317-986c-4b04-8484-68fe2c1fd274"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0963?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2b8bea1df3ab4cec162dc5e4e1775c77fffd8d836406db2fca5e4b8ca0a92693"
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 963 (2026) — Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_537_hb0963e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0963e.pdf)
3. **First - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0963f.pdf)
4. **Third - Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0963t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **108–25** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **99–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9178317-986c-4b04-8484-68fe2c1fd274`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).