---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Maryland HB 17 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway", "McComas", "Simmons", "Williams", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-10-22"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28cfa338-0b47-4a63-8eed-735723ccee5f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0017?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "d6e6de02152de348a390fbd39d9999f779cec272809d479e9f475089398e1608"
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 17 (2026) — Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_504_hb0017e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0017e.pdf)
3. **First - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0017f.pdf)
4. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Venue for Administrative and Judicial Probate and Application of Inheritance Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0017t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28cfa338-0b47-4a63-8eed-735723ccee5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).