republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-678.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	State Government - Notarial Acts and Notaries Public	State Government - Notarial Acts and Notaries Public	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 678	Maryland SB 678 (2019)	bill	State Government - Agencies Offices and Officials State Government - Regulations and Procedures Administrative Agencies Advertising Agents and Brokers Archives Armed Forces Blind Persons Certifications Circuit Courts Clerks of Court Commerce and Business Committees and Commissions Communications Crimes and Punishments Cybersecurity Data Deaf Persons Death Demographics Disabilities Discipline Disclosure Drivers' Licenses Education Electronic Communication Electronic Government Ethics Evidence Examinations Federal Government Fees Forms Fraud Governor Hearings Identification Inspections Internet Judges Jurisdiction Language Liability Literacy Mobile Devices Notaries Public Notices Oaths Parents and Guardians Penalties and Sentences Photography Postal Service Privacy Publications Public Information Public Officials Real Property Recordings Records Residency Rules and Regulations Salaries and Compensation Secretary of State Signatures Telecommunications and Information Technology Time Video Witnesses Work Labor and Employment	enacted	Jennings	1	25	4	2019-02-04	2019-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/46d9b685-f9ee-4e7e-94ed-4294fabe07e6	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB678&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	506174c0f4d023d5689dfed24a341dbbb05971b807906e865a2998f2b442a01c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 678 (2019) — State Government - Notarial Acts and Notaries Public

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — 133–2 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 135–0 (pass) · lower
• On third reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennings — primary (person)
• Beidle — cosponsor (person)
• Benson — cosponsor (person)
• Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
• Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
• Edwards — cosponsor (person)
• Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
• Feldman — cosponsor (person)
• Griffith — cosponsor (person)
• Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
• Hayes — cosponsor (person)
• Hershey — cosponsor (person)
• Kelley — cosponsor (person)
• Kramer — cosponsor (person)
• Lam — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• McCray — cosponsor (person)
• Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
• Ready — cosponsor (person)
• Reilly — cosponsor (person)
• Salling — cosponsor (person)
• Serafini — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
• West — cosponsor (person)
• Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Hearing 2/19 at 12:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Favorable with Amendments {658472/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-18 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2019-03-19 First Reading Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Favorable with Amendments {256988/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-04-05 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0) passage
• 2019-04-08 Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
• 2019-04-08 Senate Requests House Recede
• 2019-04-08 Conference Committee Appointed
• 2019-04-08 Senators Hester, West, and Washington
• 2019-04-08 House Refuses to Recede
• 2019-04-08 Conference Committee Appointed
• 2019-04-08 Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Johnson, and Krebs
• 2019-04-08 Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2019-04-08 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2019-04-08 Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2019-04-08 Third Reading Passed (133-2) passage
• 2019-04-08 Passed Enrolled
• 2019-05-13 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 407 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46d9b685-f9ee-4e7e-94ed-4294fabe07e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).