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Estates and Trusts - Estate Administration - Publication of Notice

Sponsor: Elizabeth Embry (District 43A)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Estates and TrustsStatus: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBresnahan, TammyAARP MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVZimmermann, PaulCarroll County Register of WillsWritten (PDF)
FAVGriffin, JosephRegister of WillsOral
FAVPirolozzi, Mary BethRegister of Wills for Allegany CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVBurrell-Rohde, AlexisRegister of Wills for Baltimore CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Embry, Delegate EmbrylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Embry, Delegate EmbrylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVMacfarlane, ByronIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMacfarlane, ByronIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRolle, MaryIndividualOral
FAVSnider, JimIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSnider, JimIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThomas, LauraIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFBaez, OrestesAPG MediaOral + Written (PDF)
UNFBurke, CraigMid-Atlantic MediaOral + Written (PDF)
UNFBellamy, LorenzolobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFBellamy, LorenzolobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFSnyder, RebeccalobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFSnyder, RebeccalobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFBellamy, LorenzoRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland; Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding; American Forest & Paper Association; Americans for Patient Access; Avaya, Inc.; Bellamy Genn Group, LLC
UNFBellamy, LorenzoRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland; Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding; American Forest & Paper Association; Americans for Patient Access; Avaya, Inc.; Bellamy Genn Group, LLC
UNFSnyder, RebeccaRegistered for: MD/DC Press Association
UNFSnyder, RebeccaRegistered for: MD/DC Press Association