---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Institutions – Commissioner of Financial Regulation – Money Transmissions"
description: "Financial Institutions – Commissioner of Financial Regulation – Money Transmissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "Maryland SB 219 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-22"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3205890-3293-4469-a7ac-689d8b5a0e42"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0219?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a9e89f4894fe9e530c17365bb6c06279a055e2bf2cadba459c0edf8f98ab2069"
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 219 (2021) — Financial Institutions – Commissioner of Financial Regulation – Money Transmissions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Financial Institutions – Commissioner of Financial Regulation – Money Transmissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_100_sb0219t.pdf)
2. **First - Financial Institutions – Commissioner of Financial Regulation – Money Transmissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0219f.pdf)
3. **Third - Financial Institutions – Commissioner of Financial Regulation – Money Transmissions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0219t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-02-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 100 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3205890-3293-4469-a7ac-689d8b5a0e42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).