---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government – Notaries Public – Notary Public Fund and Remote Notarial Acts"
description: "State Government – Notaries Public – Notary Public Fund and Remote Notarial Acts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 360"
citation: "Maryland SB 360 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosapepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a624db90-3193-48da-b4f7-6d1df1bb4f7f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0360?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ab5a71314c9b6ac89932de4ba36182ff0a9eb607f96cf4fa574fe9fd8d369828"
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 360 (2021) — State Government – Notaries Public – Notary Public Fund and Remote Notarial Acts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government – Notaries Public – Notary Public Fund and Remote Notarial Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_649_sb0360t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government – Notaries Public – Notary Public Fund and Remote Notarial Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0360f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government – Notaries Public – Notary Public Fund and Remote Notarial Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0360t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-22** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 649 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a624db90-3193-48da-b4f7-6d1df1bb4f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).