HB 893 — Business Regulation - Abandoned Cemeteries - Acquisition and Disposition
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-04
Authorizing a governmental unit to acquire property on which an abandoned cemetery is located under certain circumstances and for a certain purpose; requiring a governmental unit that acquires property under the Act to make a certain effort to contact certain persons for a certain purpose; authorizing a person or organization to bring an action to request the court to transfer property acquired under the Act to the person or organization; etc.
Latest action: — In the Senate - First Reading Finance
Sponsors (10)
- Terri L. Hill (D, MD-12) — sponsor · 2026-02-04
- Regina T. Boyce (D, MD-43) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Eric Ebersole (D, MD-44) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Anne R. Kaiser (D, MD-14) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Aaron M. Kaufman (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Sheila Ruth (D, MD-44) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Matthew J. Schindler (D, MD-2) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Gary Simmons (D, MD-12) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Stephanie Smith (D, MD-45) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Sean A. Stinnett (D, MD-41) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
Action timeline (6)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Economic Matters
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
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Connected on the graph
3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 3 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (3)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House economic matters | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terri L. Hill (D, state_lower MD-12) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron M. Kaufman (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Anne R. Kaiser (D, state_lower MD-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Eric Ebersole (D, state_lower MD-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Gary Simmons (D, state_lower MD-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Matthew J. Schindler (D, state_lower MD-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Regina T. Boyce (D, state_lower MD-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Sean A. Stinnett (D, state_lower MD-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Sheila Ruth (D, state_lower MD-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Stephanie Smith (D, state_lower MD-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House economic matters · md-leg