---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Notaries Public - Official Stamp of a Notary Public"
description: "State Government - Notaries Public - Official Stamp of a Notary Public"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Maryland SB 212 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37778f7e-3c6c-4aa8-a129-36e1d5f0ae8e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0212?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "32687eb6bc637fb8f86eebe5c63c7e7d18b063608283ddbe8750757d63fa59da"
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 212 (2021) — State Government - Notaries Public - Official Stamp of a Notary Public

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State Government - Notaries Public - Official Stamp of a Notary Public** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_126_sb0212t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Notaries Public - Official Stamp of a Notary Public** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0212f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government - Notaries Public - Official Stamp of a Notary Public** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0212t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-04** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/14 at 11:30 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 126 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37778f7e-3c6c-4aa8-a129-36e1d5f0ae8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).