Personal Representatives
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Interpretation of Wills - Extrinsic Evidence of Intent (Granny's Law) [SB-1029]
Authorizing, under certain circumstances, a personal representative to petition the Orphans' Court to interpret a decedent's will in accordance with the decedent's intent as demonstrated by certain extrinsic evidence; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption as to a decedent's intent; authorizing the personal representative to require a certain legatee to demonstrate the use of a legacy under the decedent's will; authorizing the personal representative to petition the court to issue a certain order or judgment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2025
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Health - Medical Care Facilities - Electronic Monitoring Devices [HB-1409]
Providing for an exception to the prohibition against willfully intercepting wire or electronic communication for a resident in a medical care facility under certain circumstances; requiring a medical care facility to allow electronic monitoring of a resident if requested by the resident or the resident's legal representative; and providing for the admissibility of a recording made through electronic monitoring in a civil or criminal court of the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Registers of Wills - Appointment of Personal Representatives - Noncitizens [HB-1420]
Repealing the prohibition on a register of wills or court granting letters in administrative or judicial probate to certain individuals who are not citizens of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Interpretation of Wills - Evidence of Intent (Granny's Law) [HB-868]
Authorizing, under certain circumstances, a personal representative to petition the orphans' court to interpret a decedent's will in accordance with the decedent's intent as demonstrated by certain extrinsic evidence; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption as to a decedent's intent; authorizing the personal representative to require a certain legatee to demonstrate the use of a legacy under the decedent's will; requiring the court to interpret a will in a certain manner if certain language is included in the will; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Estate Administration - Publication of Notice [HB-623]
Requiring the registers of wills for each county and Baltimore City to, in coordination, establish a centralized website for use by all registers to publish certain notice; altering certain requirements for publication of notice relating to the appointment of a personal representative, a request for judicial probate, and estates administered by a foreign personal representative; and requiring each county and Baltimore City to report annually certain information to the Maryland Register of Wills Association beginning December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) [SB-144]
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; defining "limited worker cooperative association" as a Maryland limited liability company that elects to be a limited worker cooperative association in accordance with the provisions of the Act; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Referred Economic Matters on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) [HB-15]
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Third Reading Passed (102-35) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-181]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the incarcerated individual and the Commission; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by older incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies [HB-268]
Altering provisions of law related to a hospital's financial assistance and collection of debts policies; specifying the percentage by which a hospital is required to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket expenses under certain circumstances; adding to the notice requirements relating to a hospital's financial assistance policy; prohibiting a hospital from filing a civil action to collect a debt against a patient whose outstanding debt is at or below $500; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Favorable Report By Finance on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [SB-43]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the Board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the Board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Third Reading Passed (42-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-190]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the incarcerated individual and the Commission; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by older incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Interpretation of Wills - Extrinsic Evidence of Intent (Granny's Law) [HB-1518]
Authorizing, under certain circumstances, a personal representative to petition the Orphans' Court to interpret a decedent's will in accordance with the decedent's intent as demonstrated by certain extrinsic evidence; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption as to a decedent's intent; authorizing the personal representative to require a certain legatee to demonstrate the use of a legacy under the decedent's will; authorizing the personal representative to petition the court to issue a certain order or judgment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Estate Administration - Publication of Notice [HB-1258]
Requiring the registers of wills for each county and Baltimore City to, in coordination, establish a centralized website for use by all registers to publish certain notice; altering certain requirements for publication of notice relating to the appointment of a personal representative, a request for judicial probate, and estates administered by a foreign personal representative; and repealing the requirement that a foreign personal representative record a certain certification with the register.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Embry
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board, Stream Restoration Contractors, and Stream Restoration Project Requirements [SB-798]
Establishing the Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board; requiring a person to be licensed as a stream restoration contractor or be employed by an individual or entity that is licensed as a stream restoration contractor before the person performs or solicits to perform stream restoration contractor services in the State, subject to a certain exception; requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, to develop a certain assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program [SB-416]
Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program in the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating systems and providing grants to eligible customer-generators; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to develop a certain consumer protection policy; providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fees in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Referred Economic Matters on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Interested Person - Definition [HB-325]
Altering the definition of "interested person" for purposes of provisions of law governing the estates of decedents, guardians of persons and property, trusts, and powers of attorney.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 316 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections [HB-326]
Authorizing only an interested person or unpaid claimant, rather than any person, to file an objection to the appointment of a personal representative of an estate of a decedent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 319 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act - Transfers as Custodian for the Benefit of a Minor - Authorization of Court [HB-324]
Increasing, from in excess of $10,000 to in excess of $25,000, the threshold amount for certain transfers by a personal representative, trustee, or conservator as a custodian for the benefit of a minor to require authorization by a court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 315 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program [HB-258]
Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar energy generating systems; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; and providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fee and allowance proceeds in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Appointment of Personal Representative - Objections [SB-80]
Authorizing only an interested person or unpaid claimant, rather than any person, to file an objection to the appointment of a personal representative of an estate of a decedent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 318 on 04/25/2024