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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum"
description: "Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Maryland HB 21 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-10-15"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/086fdbb3-4d13-4d36-b58a-865b77ae2f03"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0021?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e0c10f11ef3a43b1f78e68743c1e19b13eba34bf61bd8efdd46964b4f92664b5"
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 HB 21 (2020) — Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_28_hb0021t.pdf)
2. **First - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0021f.pdf)
3. **Third - Abandoned Property in Possession of a Museum** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0021t.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 21 HB 25 HB 46 HB 77 HB 94 HB 108 HB 241 HB 242 HB 246 HB 247 — **450** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1380** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cardin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 28 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/086fdbb3-4d13-4d36-b58a-865b77ae2f03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).