---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities"
description: "State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 413"
citation: "Maryland SB 413 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a251a00c-4855-41ed-ace7-105d3a01034c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0413?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2e861294f844cbf42d207f88fd65e027d68edf9cf72675156ed96a196ec025c0"
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 413 (2026) — State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_187_sb0413e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0413e.pdf)
3. **First - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0413f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors - Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0413t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–1** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Beidle) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Motion Laid Over (Senator Simonaire) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a251a00c-4855-41ed-ace7-105d3a01034c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).