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type: "Bill"
title: "Cemeteries - Authority to Maintain and Repair Memorials and Monuments"
description: "Cemeteries - Authority to Maintain and Repair Memorials and Monuments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Maryland SB 50 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Cemeteries", "Monuments and Memorials", "Notices", "Postal Service", "Public Information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Astle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-08-05"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ae07af-b364-4762-aef0-4e9509b0d341"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB50&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "1b377676c40c6ce250eb94f75ec9aebb5c7ddb8c9d0e57605b8c4ab26366f8c6"
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 SB 50 (2017) — Cemeteries - Authority to Maintain and Repair Memorials and Monuments
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0050f.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **460** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Astle — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-08-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27** Favorable with Amendments {807876/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-01-31** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-01** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6ae07af-b364-4762-aef0-4e9509b0d341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).