2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

SB700: Notarial Acts - Reasonable Accommodations

Legislative 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.

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Bill History

1/30/2025
First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Senate
1/31/2025
Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
Senate
2/4/2025
Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
2/11/2025
Hearing canceled
Senate
3/3/2025
Withdrawn by Sponsor
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/30/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Justin Ready
Justin Ready
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/30/202580.6 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197056.3 KB