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type: "Bill"
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title: "Death Certificates - Cause or Manner of Death Determinations - Requirements After Change or Correction (Katherine Morris Death Reclassification Act)"
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description: "Death Certificates - Cause or Manner of Death Determinations - Requirements After Change or Correction (Katherine Morris Death Reclassification Act)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 969"
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citation: "Maryland HB 969 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-02"
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last_action: "2024-05-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86da6181-22ed-4c1a-bdd1-f4b0858faaf4"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0969?ys=2024RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "68661bc5b5c383cf4af6ef82b1f1f85b25ca3115a317e01aa87dd9167ca162ac"
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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 969 (2024) — Death Certificates - Cause or Manner of Death Determinations - Requirements After Change or Correction (Katherine Morris Death Reclassification Act)
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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 - Death Certificates - Cause or Manner of Death Determinations - Requirements After Change or Correction (Katherine Morris Death Reclassification Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_829_hb0969t.pdf)
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2. **First - Death Certificates - Cause or Manner of Death Determinations - Requirements After Change or Correction** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0969f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Death Certificates - Cause or Manner of Death Determinations - Requirements After Change or Correction (Katherine Morris Death Reclassification Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0969t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alston — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Bhandari — primary (person)
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- Chisholm — 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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- Kaiser — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Kipke — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- M. Morgan — primary (person)
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- Martinez — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Reilly — primary (person)
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- Rosenberg — primary (person)
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- S. Johnson — primary (person)
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- Szeliga — primary (person)
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- Taveras — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Woods — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-02** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
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- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
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- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 829 `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/86da6181-22ed-4c1a-bdd1-f4b0858faaf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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