Legislation - HB1420

Title: Registers of Wills - Identity Verification Without Government-Issued Identification
Sponsored by: Delegates Woorman, Taveras, Acevero, Hill, S. Johnson, Kaiser, Kaufman, R. Lewis, Pasteur, Ruth, Schindler, Spiegel, Terrasa, White Holland, and Wims
Status: In the House - First Reading Judiciary
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Synopsis

Requiring the register of wills for each county and Baltimore City, in consultation with the Maryland Registers of Wills Association, to offer a method by which an individual without government-issued identification may prove the individual's identity as an heir or a beneficiary of a will.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary

Details

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/07/2025 Legislative Date 2/07/2025 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Registers of Wills - Identity Verification Without Government-Issued Identification Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/07/2025	2/07/2025	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Registers of Wills - Identity Verification Without Government-Issued Identification

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