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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wills - Execution of Wills - Witnesses and Wills Executed Outside the State"
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description: "Wills - Execution of Wills - Witnesses and Wills Executed Outside the State"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1140"
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citation: "Maryland HB 1140 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Electronic Communication", "Estates and Trusts", "Interstate Affairs", "Witnesses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chisholm"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-08"
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last_action: "2019-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da6c248-e943-4383-8ecc-802752b61b30"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1140&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "3cb6d18b3189339fbeb8148e1ff4fce19e1667fa95a929f76b70084f9a39b106"
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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 1140 (2019) — Wills - Execution of Wills - Witnesses and Wills Executed Outside the State
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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. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1140f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chisholm — primary (person)
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- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
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- Chang — cosponsor (person)
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- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
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- Malone — cosponsor (person)
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- McComas — cosponsor (person)
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- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
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- Saab — cosponsor (person)
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- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-08** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {596087/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 12:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-25** Hearing canceled
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- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
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- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
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- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 `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/2da6c248-e943-4383-8ecc-802752b61b30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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