| MD | HB956 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation; requiring the Workgroup to monitor and make recommendations related to the regulation of artificial intelligence, consumer protection, current private sector use of artificial inte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB609 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB842 | Intro
25% | Requiring a farm equipment manufacturer to make available certain documentation, updates, or information to an independent repair provider or owner of farm equipment to allow for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of the farm equipment; prohibitin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB817 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
[Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB843 | Intro
25% | Requiring a manufacturer of certain motor vehicles to provide certain information and tools related to the diagnosis, service, and repair of motor vehicles to certain owners and independent repair facilities under certain circumstances; requiring a m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB659 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to adopt consumer protection regulations for domestic electronic funds transfers that apply to financial institutions in the State and are consistent with the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act; et...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB614 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from including certain medical debt information in a consumer report; prohibiting a person from using medical debt information included in a consumer report when making a creditworthiness determination; prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB305 | Intro
25% | Establishing registration and operating requirements for a virtual currency kiosk operator to operate a virtual currency kiosk in the State; authorizing the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to investigate and enforce the Act in a certain manner; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB382 | Intro
25% | Requiring, in order to make repairs to powered wheelchairs, that a certain manufacturer make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, and tools to a certain independent repair provider or owner of a powered wheelchair; pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB413 | Intro
25% | Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as agai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB332 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to adopt consumer protection regulations for domestic electronic funds transfers that apply to financial institutions in the State and are consistent with the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act; et...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB431 | Intro
25% | Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as agai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB385 | Intro
25% | Requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, each business that uses a point-of-sale system that automatically prompts a customer to leave a tip to disclose to whom the tip will be allocated and display a tip amount that is set at zero by default; and esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB306 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB49 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB224 | Intro
25% | Increasing, from $500 to $1,000, the maximum penalty for violating the prohibition against false advertising.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB31 | Intro
25% | Requiring, in order to make repairs to powered wheelchairs, that a certain manufacturer make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, and tools to a certain independent repair provider or owner of a powered wheelchair; pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB267 | Intro
25% | Establishing prohibitions and requirements regarding compensation for certain services related to veterans benefits matters; prohibiting a person that is not V.A. accredited from making certain guarantees; providing for the enforcement of the Act und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB208 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from advertising or offering for sale a digital good using certain terminology or alongside an option for a time-limited rental unless certain acknowledgments are received from the purchaser and certain statements are provided by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB194 | Intro
25% | Requiring that a merchant provide a refund for shipping costs to a consumer who received an incorrect item within 30 days after a certain request is made; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subje...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB107 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB29 | Intro
25% | Requiring certain entities that process electronic payment transactions to exclude, under certain circumstances, the amount of tax and gratuity included in the electronic payment transaction from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
