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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Government - Notarial Acts and Notaries Public"
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description: "State Government - Notarial Acts and Notaries Public"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 678"
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citation: "Maryland SB 678 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46d9b685-f9ee-4e7e-94ed-4294fabe07e6"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB678&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
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source_hash: "506174c0f4d023d5689dfed24a341dbbb05971b807906e865a2998f2b442a01c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 678 (2019) — State Government - Notarial Acts and Notaries Public
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0678f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **133–2** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jennings — primary (person)
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- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
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- Benson — cosponsor (person)
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- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
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- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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- Elfreth — cosponsor (person)
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- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
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- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
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- Lam — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- McCray — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Peters — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Ready — cosponsor (person)
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- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
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- Salling — cosponsor (person)
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- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-06** Hearing 2/19 at 12:00 p.m.
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {658472/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-03-18** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
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- **2019-03-19** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {256988/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2019-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
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- **2019-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
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- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Appointed
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- **2019-04-08** Senators Hester, West, and Washington
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- **2019-04-08** House Refuses to Recede
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- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Appointed
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- **2019-04-08** Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Johnson, and Krebs
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- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (133-2) `passage`
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- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
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- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 407 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46d9b685-f9ee-4e7e-94ed-4294fabe07e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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