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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities"
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description: "State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities"
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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 698"
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citation: "Maryland HB 698 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d8ece5-900d-44ab-935a-d78030dcfe59"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0698?ys=2026RS"
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source_hash: "326f402a41d64207e5a3229cdf41ea82991d3f08264e1a62a7e3b1ba3f22cd74"
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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 698 (2026) — State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities
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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 - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_188_hb0698t.pdf)
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2. **First - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0698f.pdf)
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3. **Third - State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors – Board Operations and Regulation of Crematories and Reduction Facilities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0698t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Cullison — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Hutchinson — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Woorman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
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- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
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- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
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- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 `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/e0d8ece5-900d-44ab-935a-d78030dcfe59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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