---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology"
description: "State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 663"
citation: "Maryland HB 663 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett", "Cardin", "Holmes", "Kaiser", "Landis", "P. Young", "Patterson", "Valderrama"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd766fb0-0bf5-48e3-a35d-e3efb0d345c8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0663?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e637f97bebba5f01c4d92d6a0f900695c5e0840f9569966e76ecf0773aed9c96"
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 HB 663 (2022) — State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_714_hb0663t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0663f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0663t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Landis — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 3/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 714 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd766fb0-0bf5-48e3-a35d-e3efb0d345c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).