republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-738.md

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Bill	Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment	Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 738	Maryland HB 738 (2026)	bill		enacted	A. Johnson Addison Amprey Boafo Boyce Coley Conaway Embry Fennell Forbes Hill Holmes Ivey Kaufman McCaskill McComas Mireku-North Moreno Nkongolo Pasteur Phillips Ross Ruff Simmons Smith Stinnett Taveras Taylor Toles Turner Wells White Holland Wilkins Williams Wims Woods Young	4	15	3	2026-02-03	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1e8f606f-7884-422f-a6b0-f415b65fe591	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0738?ys=2026RS	60932816e12bf3d4c72ed1f4db848f96366f1d5612a9e939a5884fcd489b681c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 738 (2026) — Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 129–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 42–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 133–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Johnson — primary (person)
• Addison — primary (person)
• Amprey — primary (person)
• Boafo — primary (person)
• Boyce — primary (person)
• Coley — primary (person)
• Conaway — primary (person)
• Embry — primary (person)
• Fennell — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Hill — primary (person)
• Holmes — primary (person)
• Ivey — primary (person)
• Kaufman — primary (person)
• McCaskill — primary (person)
• McComas — primary (person)
• Mireku-North — primary (person)
• Moreno — primary (person)
• Nkongolo — primary (person)
• Pasteur — primary (person)
• Phillips — primary (person)
• Ross — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• Simmons — primary (person)
• Smith — primary (person)
• Stinnett — primary (person)
• Taveras — primary (person)
• Taylor — primary (person)
• Toles — primary (person)
• Turner — primary (person)
• Wells — primary (person)
• White Holland — primary (person)
• Wilkins — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)
• Wims — primary (person)
• Woods — primary (person)
• Young — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2026-03-19 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-03-21 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-03-23 Referred Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2026-04-06 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2026-04-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2026-04-09 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2026-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2026-05-26 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e8f606f-7884-422f-a6b0-f415b65fe591. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).