---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Institutions - Presumption of Property Abandonment - Revisions"
description: "Financial Institutions - Presumption of Property Abandonment - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Maryland HB 305 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd551a8e-0989-43e6-a77e-f9095f38e0b6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0305?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "89a5edf709412db23bfd9dbd3a8a3312ed628ab3cfcac55213dc0455a40ebc0c"
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 305 (2022) — Financial Institutions - Presumption of Property Abandonment - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Financial Institutions - Presumption of Property Abandonment - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_648_hb0305e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Financial Institutions - Presumption of Property Abandonment - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0305e.pdf)
3. **First - Financial Institutions - Abandoned Property - Notice and Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0305f.pdf)
4. **Third - Financial Institutions - Presumption of Property Abandonment - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0305t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 648 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd551a8e-0989-43e6-a77e-f9095f38e0b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).