---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 65"
citation: "Maryland HB 65 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-22"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4683581-b18b-4bfe-ac97-08ce989720d0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0065?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5b7be2443c34db05624e988869691f31bbeadc3528fa4d3e804297d1a2d3c04a"
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 65 (2026) — Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_501_hb0065t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0065f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Fiduciaries - Attorney-Client Privilege** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0065t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 65 HB 282 HB 596 HB 677 HB 732 HB 855 HB 951 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — 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 1/28 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2026-01-16** Hearing canceled
- **2026-01-16** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 501 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4683581-b18b-4bfe-ac97-08ce989720d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).