Maryland House Bill 788 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a commercial mobile radio service provider from including third-party vendor billing charges on a Maryland customer's bill except under specified circumstances; providing that a customer is not liable for third-party vendor billing charges unless the customer has expressly authorized third-party vendor billing and the customer is provided access to specified information; providing that a violation of the Act by a commercial mobile radio service provider is an unfair or deceptive trade practice and subject to a penalty; etc.

Mobile Phone Companies - Third-Party Vendor Billing - Restrictions

Del. Dana Stein [D]	Del. Charles Barkley [D]	Del. Jon Cardin [D]	Del. Frank Conaway [D]
Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. William Frick [D]	Del. Tom Hucker [D]	Del. Stephen Lafferty [D]
Del. Dan Morhaim [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]	Del. Theodore Sophocleus [D]
Del. Nancy Stocksdale [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-14	House	Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
2014-02-19	House	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-02-03	House	First Reading Economic Matters

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0788?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/hb/hb0788f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0008/hb0788.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/votes_comm/hb0788_ecm.pdf