# Maryland SB 0354: Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment

Maryland SB 0354, Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Johnny Ray Salling (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0354
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412
- Sponsor: Johnny Ray Salling (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Business Regulation, Administrative Agencies, Cemeteries, Classifications and Designations, Committees and Commissions, Data -see also- Census; Demographics, Electronic Government, Grants, Historical Matters -see also- Archives; Monumts; Museum; etc, Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records, Reports, Revenue and Taxes -see also- (specific tax), Standards and Best Practices, Sunset
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (177 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Maryland creates cemetery inventory planning group: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law creates a temporary workgroup to plan a statewide cemetery and burial-site inventory. The Secretary of Labor appoints members representing local government, descendant communities, cemeteries, and genealogical and historical groups. This includes up to three represen…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Johnny Ray Salling (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Benjamin Brooks (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cheryl C. Kagan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mary Washington (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 130 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 47 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-05-06: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412
- 2025-03-31: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Third Reading Passed (130-0) (House)
- 2025-03-28: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2025-03-28: Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-03-15: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-13: Referred Health and Government Operations (House)
- 2025-03-12: Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Favorable with Amendments {903522/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-05-06: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_sb0354t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0354t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-16: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0354f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_sb0354t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0354t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0354f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0354-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).