MD HB1494 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 10 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-10 - First Reading Senate Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments to be in a form approved by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting the agreement from including a confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense; prohibiting a bail bondsman from including a specified confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense in an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments; etc.

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Title

Bail Bond - Installment Contract - Form and Confessed Judgment Prohibition

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2017-04-03 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (134-1) (Y: 134 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-04-10SenateFirst Reading Senate Rules
2017-04-10HouseThird Reading Passed (134-1)
2017-04-10HouseSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-04-10HouseFavorable with Amendments {782610/1 Report Adopted
2017-04-08HouseSpecial Order until 04/10 (Delegate Vallario) Adopted
2017-04-08HouseFavorable with Amendments {782610/1
2017-04-08HouseFavorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
2017-03-10HouseHearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
2017-02-10HouseFirst Reading Judiciary and Economic Matters

Subjects


Maryland State Sources


Bill Comments

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