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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Health Occupations - Applications for Renewal of Licenses, Permits, Certifications, or Registrations - Available by Mail"
+description: "Health Occupations - Applications for Renewal of Licenses, Permits, Certifications, or Registrations - Available by Mail"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 711"
+citation: "Maryland SB 711 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Electronic Communication", "Health Occupations", "Licenses", "Notices", "Postal Service"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eckardt"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-02"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fe40c80-2209-49e8-a3b7-3e0ad71cdf3a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB711&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "11a89d121ee23d07c1a1b95a9b1a02bd6dcdee3b2d129a8823766e9cbce60e21"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 711 (2018) — Health Occupations - Applications for Renewal of Licenses, Permits, Certifications, or Registrations - Available by Mail
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0711f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eckardt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-02** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-02** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-21** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-21** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-02-23** Third Reading Passed (40-0) `passage`
+- **2018-02-26** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fe40c80-2209-49e8-a3b7-3e0ad71cdf3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+