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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estates and Trusts - Trusts - Decanting (Maryland Trust Decanting Act)"
description: "Estates and Trusts - Trusts - Decanting (Maryland Trust Decanting Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "Maryland SB 446 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bcfc030-2e2f-4dd3-9c2a-ce5534fadd26"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0446?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b9a487ffef84a3cb87002f4050f357bb61b35a9ba1d9092aabeda41ae6e6db30"
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 446 (2023) — Estates and Trusts - Trusts - Decanting (Maryland Trust Decanting Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Estates and Trusts - Trusts - Decanting (Maryland Trust Decanting Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_716_sb0446t.pdf)
2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Trusts - Decanting (Maryland Trust Decanting Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0446f.pdf)
3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Trusts - Decanting (Maryland Trust Decanting Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0446t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-02** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 716 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bcfc030-2e2f-4dd3-9c2a-ce5534fadd26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).