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MDSB1PassAltering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537
MDSB41PassAltering the items of information that a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from including in a consumer credit report.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619
MDHB262PassAltering the items of information that a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from including in a consumer credit report.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 618
MDHB567PassEstablishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to es...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454
MDSB534PassRepealing the Electronic Transactions Protection Act.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 643
MDSB541PassRegulating the manner in which a controller or a processor in possession of a consumer's personal data may process the consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455
MDSB539PassRequiring the listing for a ticket and each step of a transaction to purchase a ticket to disclose certain information, including the total price of the ticket; repealing the exceptions to the prohibition against a reseller selling or offering to sel...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456
MDHB603PassRequiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment by April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for cer...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461
MDHB622PassProhibiting consumer reporting agencies from including in a consumer report certain records relating to a criminal proceeding involving a consumer; and prohibiting consumer reporting agencies from relying on information in certain criminal proceedin...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432
MDSB571PassRequiring a covered entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment on or before April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protectio...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460
MDHB611PassRepealing the Electronic Transactions Protection Act.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 642
MDSB760PassProhibiting a merchant from selling a certain open- or closed-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant meets certain requirements; requiring a certain merchant to provide training to all employees of the merchant on identifying and responding...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463
MDHB996PassChanging the name of the Consumer Council in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to the Consumer Protection Commission.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482
MDHB1047PassProviding that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offe...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262
MDHB1228PassEstablishing that certain provisions of law that prohibit a person from making or causing to make a certain telephone solicitation that involves using a certain automated system or playing a recorded message do not apply to a noncommercial telephone ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 214
MDHB896Engross

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Prohibiting a merchant from selling a certain open- or closed-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant meets certain requirements; requiring a merchant to provide to the employees of the merchant training on identification of gift card fraud;...
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2024-04-08
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Hayes and Mautz)
MDSB949Engross

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Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offe...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB701Engross

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Requiring the listing for a ticket and each step of a transaction to purchase a ticket to disclose certain information, including the total price of the ticket with fees and taxes; prohibiting a reseller from selling or offering to sell tickets for m...
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2024-04-03
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB1299Engross

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Altering the applicability of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to include certain unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practices in trade or commerce, including any economic activity within the State that involves or relates to any commodity or se...
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2024-04-01
Unfavorable Report by Finance
MDHB246Engross

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Subjecting certain earned wage access products to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other provisions that regulate entities that provide consumer credit, revolving credit, and closed end credit; restricting the acceptance of tips by certain lenders ...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1049Engross

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Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; esta...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB661Intro

Sine Die
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment; establishing and altering certain requirements on judgment creditors; making a violation of certain requirements on judgment creditors relating to a judgment arising o...
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2024-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB695Intro

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Requiring a dealer of used motor vehicles sold or leased in the State to establish procedures under which each consumer, before completing a transaction to purchase or lease a used motor vehicle from the dealer, is notified and provided with a copy o...
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2024-03-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1481Intro

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Prohibiting a retail business from charging a consumer a certain surcharge in excess of the amount required to reimburse the retail business for the cost of processing certain credit or debit transactions; and making a violation of this Act an unfair...
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2024-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB467Intro

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Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from includ...
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1236Intro

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Requiring the listing for a ticket and each step of a transaction to purchase a ticket to disclose certain information; prohibiting a reseller from selling or offering to sell a ticket for more than a certain price; prohibiting a person from restrict...
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1457Intro

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Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents wit...
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2024-02-12
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1425Intro

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Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; re...
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2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDSB780Intro

Sine Die
Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or dec...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB834Intro

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Establishing the Scam Awareness Pilot Program in the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to identify common scamming methods used against individuals in the State and to develop and disseminate certain consumer safet...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB1040Intro

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Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; and ...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB998Intro

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Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; re...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB1113Intro

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Requiring an operator, a primary ticket seller, or a ticket resale marketplace for an entertainment event to grant a ticket purchaser a refund for the purchase of a ticket under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from engaging in certain pra...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB772Intro

Sine Die
Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or dec...
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2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB267Intro

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Establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; providing for the terms of electricity supplier, energy salesperson, and gas supplier licenses issued by...
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2024-02-01
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDSB520Intro

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Prohibiting a retail business from charging a consumer a certain surcharge in excess of the amount required to reimburse the retail business for the cost of processing certain credit or debit transactions; and making a violation of this Act an unfair...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB24Intro

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Requiring, before the completion of certain retail sales transactions, that merchants provide to consumers notice of the merchants' refund and exchange policies or policies of no refunds or exchanges by conspicuously displaying a certain notice; and ...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Finance Committee
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