republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/hb-99.md

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Bill	Estates and Trusts - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse	Estates and Trusts - Elective Share of Surviving Spouse	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	HB 99	Maryland HB 99 (2019)	bill	Estates and Trusts Age of Majority Attorneys' Fees Beneficiaries Circuit Courts Contracts Counties Courts Death Disabilities Disclosure Divorce Estates and Trusts Estate Tax Fiduciaries Forms Inheritance Tax Insurance Jurisdiction Minors Notices Orphans' Court Parents and Guardians Personal Property Personal Representatives Petitions Power of Attorney Real Property Salaries and Compensation Spouses Time	enacted	Dumais	1	15	3	2019-01-18	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/166bd97c-42f0-4d0b-a407-5e2a3f7df6f0	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB99&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	8a7d2a692e08d9822cac6ab67887c3904c0a91fe16e4008304acfea6cb384d12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 99 (2019) — Estates and Trusts - Elective Share of 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

• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 136–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 141–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dumais — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
• 2019-02-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Favorable with Amendments {786182/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-02-22 Third Reading Passed (141-0) passage
• 2019-02-25 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Favorable with Amendments {758573/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-04-08 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) passage
• 2019-04-08 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2019-04-08 Third Reading Passed (136-0) passage
• 2019-04-08 Passed Enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/166bd97c-42f0-4d0b-a407-5e2a3f7df6f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).