---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 543"
citation: "Maryland HB 543 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "C. Watson", "Cardin", "Charles", "Cullison", "Forbes", "Henson", "Hettleman", "Jalisi", "Johnson", "Kipke", "Pena-Melnyk", "Rosenberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b7e5339-ac40-4884-8c32-462719d5380a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0543?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2f3f538ff45ed6adb1d6c446ac5422cf1c11f440eaab3e6720fce65696237d8b"
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 543 (2020) — Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_239_hb0543t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0543f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Closed Estates - Subsequent Discovery of Check** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0543t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- C. Watson — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jalisi — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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 239 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b7e5339-ac40-4884-8c32-462719d5380a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).