---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Cemeteries and Abandoned Cemeteries - Sale, Transfer, or Government Acquisition and Disposition"
description: "Business Regulation - Cemeteries and Abandoned Cemeteries - Sale, Transfer, or Government Acquisition and Disposition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Maryland SB 233 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Ellis", "Gile", "Jackson", "Lam", "Ready", "Salling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a2b631-fd1e-4e6f-9720-528f47975f82"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0233?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "00ef4de076e66d397393050b655b90973e1d002039f516801f4c891f3a13a98b"
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 233 (2026) — Business Regulation - Cemeteries and Abandoned Cemeteries - Sale, Transfer, or Government Acquisition and Disposition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Cemeteries and Abandoned Cemeteries - Sale, Transfer, or Government Acquisition and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_545_sb0233e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Business Regulation - Cemeteries and Abandoned Cemeteries - Sale, Transfer, or Government Acquisition and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0233e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Actions for Sale, Transfer, or Alternate Use** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0233f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0233t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Economic Matters Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-11** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2026-04-11** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-11** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Rogers, Charkoudian and Adams)
- **2026-04-13** House Refuses Recede
- **2026-04-13** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Rogers, Charkoudian and Adams)
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Jackson, Beidle and Ready)
- **2026-04-13** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Jackson, Beidle and Ready)
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Conference Committee Report {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 545 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6a2b631-fd1e-4e6f-9720-528f47975f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).