---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Insurance Administration - Delivery of Notices and Other Communications by Electronic Means"
description: "Maryland Insurance Administration - Delivery of Notices and Other Communications by Electronic Means"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Maryland SB 226 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-29"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8516b89-dab2-4f16-a1f2-2d57f3b1af23"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0226?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4b3a4c04cb2702f7ae34a7b65d845ddc82092cbda81a9ca6a514dec5b80a4608"
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 226 (2021) — Maryland Insurance Administration - Delivery of Notices and Other Communications by Electronic Means

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Insurance Administration - Delivery of Notices and Other Communications by Electronic Means** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_105_sb0226t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Insurance Administration - Delivery of Notices and Other Communications by Electronic Means** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0226f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Insurance Administration - Delivery of Notices and Other Communications by Electronic Means** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0226t.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.

- **2020-09-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing 3/25 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 105 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8516b89-dab2-4f16-a1f2-2d57f3b1af23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).