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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology"
+description: "State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 317"
+citation: "Maryland SB 317 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher", "West"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-20"
+last_action: "2022-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1af15d97-01c2-48f2-a0d2-666c6aa2108a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0317?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "9e6c60708ef4d3697bbea17ab2426d66c857842691afc42aeb09d370ddece586"
+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 317 (2022) — State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_715_sb0317t.pdf)
+2. **First - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0317f.pdf)
+3. **Third - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0317t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **124–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-02-21** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed
+- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-02-25** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/22 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
+- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 715 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1af15d97-01c2-48f2-a0d2-666c6aa2108a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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