republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/hb-735.md

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Bill	Estates and Trusts - Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse	Estates and Trusts - Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	HB 735	Maryland HB 735 (2017)	bill	Estates and Trusts Beneficiaries Death Estates and Trusts Minors Spouses	enacted	Malone	1	13	2	2017-02-02	2017-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/c2b54cd5-bb64-4610-9aad-1757885c595e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB735&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	754c1d80624262001c34e10b18a447d7d8d05e6d5e37e0193d3102fc1291fa71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 735 (2017) — Estates and Trusts - Share of Intestate Estate Inherited by Surviving Spouse

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 137–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Malone — primary (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• Folden — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
• Kittleman — cosponsor (person)
• Krebs — cosponsor (person)
• McComas — cosponsor (person)
• McDonough — cosponsor (person)
• Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
• Morales — cosponsor (person)
• Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Saab — cosponsor (person)
• W. Miller — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-02 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-07 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-08 Favorable with Amendments {456981/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-08 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-03-10 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2017-03-13 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-30 Second Reading Passed
• 2017-04-07 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2017-04-07 Returned Passed
• 2017-05-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2b54cd5-bb64-4610-9aad-1757885c595e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).