---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notarial Acts - Protest Form Requirement - Repeal"
description: "Notarial Acts - Protest Form Requirement - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Maryland SB 280 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-09-16"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e3920a-49fc-45d9-a6c0-79e8c7fee306"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0280?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4c449fbb56794ebffff7075af96c02b35fdccbbca2e552d52672ef1262780e2d"
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 280 (2024) — Notarial Acts - Protest Form Requirement - Repeal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Notarial Acts - Protest Form Requirement - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_95_sb0280t.pdf)
2. **First - Notarial Acts - Protest Form Requirement - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0280f.pdf)
3. **Third - Notarial Acts - Protest Form Requirement - Repeal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0280t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45e3920a-49fc-45d9-a6c0-79e8c7fee306`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).