---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Maryland HB 261 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forbes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-18"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fbbd922-e1a5-4ea0-83b6-80258e7bd9e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0261?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "21c3110d8f4c0bb0d40571374c5a36f59149944d3c65ad42b3d61926c6d76787"
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 261 (2025) — Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_225_hb0261t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0261f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0261t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forbes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 225 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fbbd922-e1a5-4ea0-83b6-80258e7bd9e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).