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SB 233

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Business Regulation - Cemeteries and Abandoned Cemeteries - Sale, Transfer, or Government Acquisition and Disposition

Sponsor: Johnny Ray Salling (District 6)Committee: FinanceSubject: Business RegulationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 545 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing certain persons to bring an action when the owner of a property that includes a cemetery proposes a sale, transfer, or alternate use of all or part of a certain cemetery; requiring a court to take certain actions under certain circumstances; authorizing a governmental unit to acquire property on which an abandoned cemetery is located under certain circumstances for purposes of transferring ownership of the abandoned cemetery to a descendant community, veterans, or nonprofit organization; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list
FAV 15FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHope, StephanieCoalition to Protect Maryland Burial SitesOral
FAVReverend ADEBAYO, SegunMACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCHOral + Written (PDF)
FAVEdwards, MarkMaryland Cemetery Legislative AdvocatesWritten (PDF)
FAVThompson, ElinorMaryland Commissioner on African American History and CultureOral
FAVMcGuckian, EileenMontgomery Preservation, Inc. (MPI)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVwarden, candyRosa Bonheur SocietyWritten (PDF)
FAVSalling, Johnny RaySenator Johnny Ray SallingWritten (PDF)
FAVSalling, Johnny RaySenator Johnny Ray SallingWritten (PDF)
FAVFisher, Yvonnemaryland Cemetery Legislative AdvocatesWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVNelson, DonnaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Salling, Senator SallinglegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Salling, Senator SallinglegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSilver, JoshIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVZinner, DavidIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFStierhoff, JohnlobbyistVenable LLPWritten (PDF)
UNFKraska, JennylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWASimmons, ChristineAnne Arundel Genealogical SocietyOral + Written (PDF)
FWAKraska, JennylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOFulginiti, AndrewMaryland Department of LaborWritten (PDF)
INFOWestervelt, PatriciaMaryland Department of TransportationWritten (PDF)
INFOYancone, MarissaIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFStierhoff, JohnVenable LLPRegistered for: Abbott Laboratories; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc., The; Arts for Learning Maryland; Baltimore Community Foundation; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Baltimore Museum of Art
UNFKraska, JennyRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference
FWAKraska, JennyRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference