republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2023/hb-676.md

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Bill	Cemeteries - Interment - Pet Remains	Cemeteries - Interment - Pet Remains	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2023	HB 676	Maryland HB 676 (2023)	bill		enacted	Alston Bagnall Baker Bhandari Chisholm Cullison Foley Guzzone Hill Hinebaugh Hutchinson Kaiser Kerr Kipke Lehman Lopez M. Morgan Martinez Pena-Melnyk R. Lewis Reilly Rosenberg S. Johnson Szeliga Taveras Valentine White Wivell Woods	4	17	0	2023-02-06	2023-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5a8c454c-c0fd-44ca-8edc-b05d52f32c05	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0676?ys=2023RS&search=True	ef9c17bb7fb82a097ee27913022fbe0ca6958e2f2a3b9c8b45af1a2fa8be5bad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 676 (2023) — Cemeteries - Interment - Pet Remains

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Cemeteries - Interment - Pet Remains (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Cemeteries - Interment - Pet Remains (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Cemeteries - Pet Remains - Duty of Perpetual Care (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Cemeteries - Pet Remains - Duty of Perpetual Care (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Alston — primary (person)
• Bagnall — primary (person)
• Baker — primary (person)
• Bhandari — primary (person)
• Chisholm — primary (person)
• Cullison — primary (person)
• Foley — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Hinebaugh — primary (person)
• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Kaiser — primary (person)
• Kerr — primary (person)
• Kipke — primary (person)
• Lehman — primary (person)
• Lopez — primary (person)
• M. Morgan — primary (person)
• Martinez — primary (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
• R. Lewis — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Rosenberg — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Szeliga — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Valentine — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)
• Wivell — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2023-02-06 Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-03-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-17 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2023-03-20 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-03-20 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2023-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-05 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-05 Floor Amendment {
• 2023-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2023-04-06 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-08 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2023-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2023-04-08 Passed Enrolled
• 2023-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a8c454c-c0fd-44ca-8edc-b05d52f32c05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).