CHAPTER NUMBER: 482 
File Code: Agencies, Offices, and Officials
- Sponsored By: 
- 
Delegate Petzold (Maryland Digital Signature Task Force) and
Delegates Rosenberg, Mandel, Heller,
 Barve, Frank, Goldwater, and Walkup
- Entitled: 
- 
Maryland Digital Signature Pilot Program
Establishing a digital signature pilot program in the State
government; providing for participation in the program; providing that
the Act applies only to communications within or between specified
agencies or between specified agencies and governmental entities;
authorizing specified agencies to establish methods and procedures to
allow for the use of digital signatures in specified communications;
requiring the Secretary of State to adopt specified regulations; etc.
House Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
-      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/6
- Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- 4/4
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
-      Third Reading Passed (136-1)
-      Passed Enrolled
- 5/12
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 482
Senate Action
- 3/9
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 3/11
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
-      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
- COMPUTERS
- ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SECRETARY OF STATE
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -see also- TELEPHONES
- Bill affects the following Statute:
-   State Government
- (
 8-504 
)
- Bill Text:
 First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF) 
- Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
- Amendments:
- House 
- Number: 063178/1 (PDF)      Offered on: March 3, 1998       at:
10:21 a.m.     Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 804113/1 (PDF)      Offered on: April 2, 1998       at:
10:54 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House 
- March 6, 1998: Third Reading Passed  (131-0)
- April 4, 1998: Third Reading Passed  (136-1)
- Senate
- April 6, 1998: Third Reading Passed  (45-0)
 
 
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