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type: "Bill"
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title: "Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Electronic Filing and Signatures"
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description: "Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Electronic Filing and Signatures"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 244"
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citation: "Maryland HB 244 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Attar", "Bartlett", "Ebersole", "Foley", "Guzzone", "Henson", "Hill", "Lehman", "McCaskill", "Ruth", "S. Johnson", "Stewart", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Wu", "Ziegler"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-01-23"
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last_action: "2023-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0021cce2-8c9b-4890-b722-3229916f40c7"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0244?ys=2023RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "bd6fdd4145471a9dff370216133bf627dc70618b18d00ea2091b241c521aba71"
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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 244 (2023) — Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Electronic Filing and Signatures
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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 and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Electronic Filing and Signatures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_661_hb0244t.pdf)
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2. **First - Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Electronic Filing and Signatures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0244f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Electronic Filing and Signatures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0244t.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- A. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Attar — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Ebersole — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Lehman — primary (person)
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- McCaskill — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- Terrasa — primary (person)
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- Wu — primary (person)
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- Ziegler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-23** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2023-02-20** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
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- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
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- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661 `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/0021cce2-8c9b-4890-b722-3229916f40c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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