---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Maryland SB 131 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-21"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2132899f-a052-44d8-8e9d-487e23601f43"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0131?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "889e4bd4a8f1ac16e48014e47aed68744943a2c799762fc2d1a5e5daf4c8df19"
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 131 (2026) — Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_500_sb0131t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0131f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0131t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-21** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-23** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 500 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2132899f-a052-44d8-8e9d-487e23601f43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).