---
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: "SB 317"
citation: "Maryland SB 317 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1af15d97-01c2-48f2-a0d2-666c6aa2108a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0317?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9e6c60708ef4d3697bbea17ab2426d66c857842691afc42aeb09d370ddece586"
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 317 (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_715_sb0317t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0317f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government – Notarial Acts – Fees and Use of Communication Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0317t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **124–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Hearing 3/22 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 715 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1af15d97-01c2-48f2-a0d2-666c6aa2108a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).