MD SB700 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-11 - Hearing canceled
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm Senate Judicial Proceedings Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-11 - Hearing canceled
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm Senate Judicial Proceedings Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring a notary public to provide certain reasonable accommodations to individuals with a physical disability that limits the individual's ability to sign a record without assistance, including specifying that a notary public shall notarize the signature of an individual who is blind after the notary public reads the entire record to that individual and the individual assents to the notarization after the reading.
Title
Notarial Acts - Reasonable Accommodations
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Hearing canceled |
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Subjects
Accessibility - see also- Blind; Deaf; Disabilities; etc
Disabled
Notaries Public
Physical Disabilities
Signatures
State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
Disabled
Notaries Public
Physical Disabilities
Signatures
State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Government | 18 | 106 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| State Government | 18 | 208 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0700?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0700f.pdf |
