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type: "Bill"
title: "Wills and Trust Instruments Electronic Execution"
description: "Wills and Trust Instruments Electronic Execution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 576"
citation: "Maryland HB 576 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin", "W. Fisher", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2440eecb-2c5b-4e86-8bbf-8691a8b1c7d4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0576?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1dd55248276ba76276e92261fb0b1f9a156e4805afc68bce4c3f5b1f36519e7a"
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 576 (2022) — Wills and Trust Instruments Electronic Execution
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Wills and Trust Instruments Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_176_hb0576t.pdf)
2. **First - Wills and Trust Instruments Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0576f.pdf)
3. **Third - Wills and Trust Instruments Electronic Execution** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0576t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **1260** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cardin — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-10** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2440eecb-2c5b-4e86-8bbf-8691a8b1c7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).