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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Delivery of Notices and Communications by Electronic Means - Authorized"
description: "State Government - Delivery of Notices and Communications by Electronic Means - Authorized"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Maryland SB 83 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-25"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe5ce77-7406-4c65-88fb-b9d1b8f99ca6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0083?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7a0ff7d05dde918d406ea8dbed18a9d0e85de9c69e807822098d05b0335f8fe"
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 83 (2020) — State Government - Delivery of Notices and Communications by Electronic Means - Authorized
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - State Government - Delivery of Notices and Communications by Electronic Means - Authorized** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_518_sb0083t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Delivery of Notices and Communications by Electronic Means - Authorized** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0083f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government - Delivery of Notices and Communications by Electronic Means - Authorized** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0083t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1320** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **470** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-09-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2020-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Pinsky) Adopted
- **2020-02-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Motion Special Order until 2/21 (Senator Washington) Adopted
- **2020-02-21** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Committee Amendment {
- **2020-02-21** Substitute Committee Amendment {
- **2020-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 518 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fe5ce77-7406-4c65-88fb-b9d1b8f99ca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).