2012 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 32
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Anderson, Costa, and Hubbard
- Entitled
- Health - General - Posthumous Use of Donor Sperm and Eggs
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Afzali, Barkley, Clagett, Elliott, Feldman, George, Glass, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Ivey, Jacobs, A. Kelly, Krebs, McComas, A. Miller, Myers, Niemann, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Krebs, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Eckardt, Elliott, Fisher, Frank, George, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kach, Kipke, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schuh, Schulz, Serafini, Stifler, Stocksdale, Szeliga, Vitale, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland Death Taxes - Family Property Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Feldman
- Entitled
- Estates - Small Estate Administration - Eligibility Thresholds
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Afzali, Bohanan, Cane, Clagett, Conway, Glass, Hershey, Hough, Jacobs, Jameson, A. Kelly, Krebs, Lafferty, Love, Luedtke, McComas, Murphy, Otto, Parrott, Ready, Schulz, Boteler, Cardin, Frick, George, Howard, Ivey, Kaiser, A. Miller, Myers, Ross, Serafini, Stukes, Summers, F. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stukes
- Entitled
- Tax Sales - Reimbursement for Attorney's Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel and McDermott
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Special and Supplemental Needs Trusts - Regulations by State Agencies
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Deceased Personality - Property Rights
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Simmons
- Entitled
- Maryland Trust Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Schulz, Aumann, Cluster, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Glass, Haddaway-Riccio, Hershey, Hogan, Hough, Jacobs, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McDermott, W. Miller, Norman, O'Donnell, Otto, Serafini, Szeliga, and Vitale
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Slayer's Rule (Ann Sue Metz Law)
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act - Certain Payments to and from Trusts
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Allowance for Funeral Expenses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act - Orphans' Court
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates F. Turner and Luedtke
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
SB 71
Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Health - General - Posthumous Use of Donor Sperm and Eggs
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Miller, Young, Astle, Benson, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Edwards, Garagiola, Getty, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Kasemeyer, King, Klausmeier, Manno, Mathias, McFadden, Middleton, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pipkin, Reilly, Robey, Shank, Stone, Forehand, Jones-Rodwell, Kittleman, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Young, Reilly, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Forehand, Garagiola, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Kasemeyer, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Mathias, Middleton, Miller, Pipkin, Robey, Shank, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Estates - Small Estate Administration - Eligibility Thresholds
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act - Orphans' Court
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Allowance for Funeral Expenses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley, Brochin, Colburn, Dyson, Edwards, Glassman, Jacobs, Jennings, Klausmeier, Mathias, Reilly, Shank, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Dyson, Brinkley, Colburn, Garagiola, Glassman, King, Klausmeier, Manno, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Estate Tax - Exclusion of Qualified Agricultural Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Shank
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Slayer's Rule (Ann Sue Metz Law)
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Frosh
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Elective Share - Augmented Estate
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pipkin, Brinkley, Colburn, Glassman, Jacobs, and Shank
- Entitled
- Maryland Estate Tax and Inheritance Tax - Repeal
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Trust Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 738
Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jennings
- Entitled
- State Real Estate Commission - Regulation of Business Brokers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Estates and Trusts - Maryland Uniform Principal and Income Act - Certain Payments to and from Trusts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Brochin, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Peters, Pugh, and Robey
- Entitled
- Estate Tax - Exemption for Family Farm or Small Business
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senator Manno
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Death of Vehicle Owner - Certificate of Title Fee
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
