---
type: "Bill"
title: "Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures"
description: "Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Maryland HB 247 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Malone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4826072-defc-438e-b689-d00f96059140"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0247?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9d4acdfb843278c15ac171945123b3ae816a5291f345fb3740200aa8e6fe11ca"
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 HB 247 (2020) — Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_130_hb0247t.pdf)
2. **First - Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0247f.pdf)
3. **Third - Orphans' Courts - Appeals - Procedures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0247t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Malone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 130 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4826072-defc-438e-b689-d00f96059140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).