---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland"
description: "Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Maryland HB 315 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "Conaway"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8802842c-43f9-4133-a310-be2b2b701a7f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0315?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dc112a61ebaffdae0e0d09d06f58869be0de766050c57c5da3c7f000cf5fb1ba"
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 315 (2025) — Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_220_hb0315e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0315e.pdf)
3. **First - Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0315f.pdf)
4. **Third - Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0315t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **133–3** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-03** Hearing canceled
- **2025-02-03** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-27** Motion Special Order until 3/28 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 220 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8802842c-43f9-4133-a310-be2b2b701a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).