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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act"
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description: "Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 596"
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citation: "Maryland HB 596 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Behler", "Chisholm", "Griffith", "Nkongolo", "Odom"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-28"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955e12e2-4bb1-492e-b79b-c01963faf15b"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0596?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "4f20cb20dbae2901f7350848c05ce41e5fed7179cf056f1d9975dc8b1e6d748a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 596 (2026) — Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_509_hb0596t.pdf)
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2. **First - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0596f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Estates - Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0596t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Behler — primary (person)
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- Chisholm — primary (person)
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- Griffith — primary (person)
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- Nkongolo — primary (person)
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- Odom — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-28** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
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- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 509 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955e12e2-4bb1-492e-b79b-c01963faf15b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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