---
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).