File Code: Commercial Law - Generally
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 822
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Petzold, Barve, and Rosenberg
- Entitled:
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Commercial Law - Maryland Digital Signature Act
Requiring the Secretary of State to be a certification authority and
authorizing the Secretary to issue, suspend, or revoke certificates of
authority to other entities for purposes of facilitating commerce by
means of reliable electronic messages and minimizing the incidence of
forged digital signatures and fraud in electronic commerce; requiring
the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement the Act; requiring a
cerification authority to meet specified requirements to obtain a
license and to be audited; etc.
House Action
- 2/3
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/12
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AUDITORS AND AUDITS
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- SMALL BUSINESS
- ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
- FORGERY
- FRAUD
- INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES
- LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSES
- RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SECRETARY OF STATE
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
20-101 ,
20-102 ,
20-201 ,
20-202 ,
20-203 ,
20-204 ,
20-205 ,
20-301 ,
20-302 ,
20-303 ,
20-304 ,
20-305 ,
20-306 ,
20-307 ,
20-308 ,
20-309 ,
20-310 ,
20-401 ,
20-402 ,
20-403 ,
20-404 ,
20-405 ,
20-406 ,
20-501 ,
20-502 ,
20-503 ,
20-601 ,
20-602
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)