---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts – Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse"
description: "Estates and Trusts – Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Maryland SB 317 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Beneficiaries", "Death", "Estates and Trusts", "Minors", "Spouses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reilly"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc6fb50c-c5d9-4925-a258-67351f3bc29a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB317&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "7c5f891450848f16da518323c900a45aafb33e15db738a23e35f7e511119a26f"
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 317 (2019) — Estates and Trusts – Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0317f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reilly — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Gallion — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {648577/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-16** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc6fb50c-c5d9-4925-a258-67351f3bc29a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).