---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Notices and Orders - E-Mail"
description: "State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Notices and Orders - E-Mail"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Maryland SB 59 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property", "Assessments and Taxation", "Department of", "Electronic Communication", "Notices", "Personal Property", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-10-02"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ecb7fb6-b33c-4903-ad45-ca06f242c799"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB59&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "a2878577a7c7128089be81c21c35b1583692a19fd26955af661cc8edb2df5c11"
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 59 (2019) — State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Notices and Orders - E-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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0059f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Budget and Taxation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Assessments and Taxation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-03** Hearing 1/17 at 1:45 p.m.
- **2019-01-07** Hearing canceled
- **2019-01-07** Hearing 1/17 at 10:30 a.m.
- **2019-02-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Favorable with Amendments {939034/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-12** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ecb7fb6-b33c-4903-ad45-ca06f242c799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).