---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act"
description: "Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Maryland SB 250 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simonaire", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9367b315-2017-48d1-805c-d8588a37020a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0250?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4f4dd94a7804eb4ec34d8171f683cb93ea4105ae9b0f6403852b7e0648b83037"
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 250 (2026) — Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_508_sb0250t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0250f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0250t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simonaire — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-17** Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** 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 508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9367b315-2017-48d1-805c-d8588a37020a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).