republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-698.md

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Bill	State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities	State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 698	Maryland HB 698 (2026)	bill		enacted	Bagnall Bhandari Cullison Guzzone Hill Hutchinson Kaufman Kipke Lopez Martinez Rose Rosenberg White Holland Woorman	3	15	2	2026-02-02	2026-04-28	openstates	ocd-bill/e0d8ece5-900d-44ab-935a-d78030dcfe59	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0698?ys=2026RS	326f402a41d64207e5a3229cdf41ea82991d3f08264e1a62a7e3b1ba3f22cd74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 698 (2026) — State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities (committee substitute) — source
2. First - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 136–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Bhandari — primary (person)
• Cullison — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• Martinez — primary (person)
• Rose — primary (person)
• Rosenberg — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Woorman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 First Reading Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-02-05 Hearing canceled
• 2026-02-05 Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-23 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2026-04-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-13 Returned Passed
• 2026-04-28 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0d8ece5-900d-44ab-935a-d78030dcfe59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).