---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Maryland Trust Decanting Act - Notification and Document Transmittal"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Maryland Trust Decanting Act - Notification and Document Transmittal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "Maryland HB 88 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-10-31"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d635618-6660-408d-a982-5c71f2204098"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0088?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c09523fb539fb4a8753ed78b1d1becc405839fe46eb8f709964d2fc20570379c"
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 88 (2025) — Estates and Trusts - Maryland Trust Decanting Act - Notification and Document Transmittal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Maryland Trust Decanting Act - Notification and Document Transmittal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_221_hb0088t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Maryland Trust Decanting Act - Notification and Document Transmittal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0088f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Maryland Trust Decanting Act - Notification and Document Transmittal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0088t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-28** 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 221 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d635618-6660-408d-a982-5c71f2204098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).