MD SB354

Establishes the Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup to study the creation and maintenance of a statewide cemetery inventory system

Workgroup membership includes representatives from the Maryland Historical Trust, Office of Cemetery Oversight, Commission on African American History and Culture, State Archives, and appointees from local governments, genealogical organizations, descendant communities, and cemeteries

Workgroup must review existing cemetery definitions in Maryland law, evaluate documentation practices and inventory systems in other states, and recommend data collection categories and a public search function for the system

Workgroup must determine costs and recommend funding sources for implementing the inventory system and a potential grant program for cemetery identification, both beginning in fiscal year 2027

Report due to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2025; the Act takes effect July 1, 2025 and automatically sunsets on June 30, 2026